Hospital emergency in North Rhine-Westphalia: Josephs Hospital applies for self-administration!

Hospital emergency in North Rhine-Westphalia: Josephs Hospital applies for self-administration!

The insolvency crisis in Germany is now also affecting the healthcare system: The Josephs Hospital Warendorf (JHW), a renowned academic teaching hospital in North Rhine-Westphalia, has applied for self-administration. This step took place on December 17th at the responsible district court in Münster, as the hospital announced in an official announcement. This means that around 940 employees are affected by this dramatic turnaround, which is part of a comprehensive restructuring process to make the clinic fit for the future. Operations will remain unrestricted for the time being, which is very important for the patients. Peter Goerdeler, CEO of the JHW, sees financial difficulties as being due to the necessary investments in recent years, which have placed a heavy burden on the hospital fr.de reported.

Self-managed clinic

The self-administration procedure is intended to offer the YHW the opportunity to restructure itself. Goerdeler assures that patients and their relatives can rely on continued high quality care because everything will continue as usual. The clinic is represented in this process by lawyer Dr. Claus-Peter Kruth supports, who is confident that the Josephs Hospital can find a sustainable solution. At the same time, the employees receive salary payments for the next three months through the insolvency benefit from the employment agency, which creates a certain financial buffer. The insolvency does not only affect the JHW, the German Red Cross in Hagen also has similar financial problems and has filed for self-administration, which underlines the worrying situation in the German healthcare system, such as wa.de reported.