Main-Kinzig-Kreis helps clinics financially!

Main-Kinzig-Kreis helps clinics financially!

In an urgent warning, the Main-Kinzig-Kreis has confirmed its position to financial support for the Main-Kinzig clinics in Gelnhausen and Schluechtern. The district council unanimously adopted a declaration of patronage that guarantees the clinics over the years 2026 and 2027. This financial support is necessary to ensure the economic stability of the clinics in this challenging time, since the existing structural deficits in the financing are not sufficiently covered. District Administrator Thorsten Stolz (SPD) expressed his displeasure with the inadequate financial security of hospitals by the federal government and described the need for this measure as a "mess" that should not exist, since such stress for the municipalities is not sustainable, as on In addition to the patronage declaration, the Main-Kinzig-Kreis plans to increase the equity of the clinics by 22 million euros. This measure is intended to ensure that the clinics not only remain efficient, but also in the long term and consolidate medical care in the region. In the coming years, an increase in equity through strategic financing measures will be sought in order to react to the financial consequences of corona pandemic. The pandemic has emphasized the existing problems in the financing system of the hospitals, which underlines the need for this financial effort, such as kinzig.news reports .

The planned measures are considered crucial for the future of the Main-Kinzig clinics, since they offer jobs for more than 2,500 employees: inside and represent a load-bearing pillar of medical care in the region. Thorsten Stolz emphasizes that maintaining a functioning health system for the future of the municipal clinics is essential. Only through a stable economic basis and the continuation of suitable training programs in nursing can medical care be secured in the long term.