Crisis in the Altenburger Health Department: Official doctor leaves after only eleven months!

Crisis in the Altenburger Health Department: Official doctor leaves after only eleven months!

The health department Altenburger Land is again there without an official doctor. After only eleven months, Bärbel Hartmann submitted her termination in office, which will be effective on November 30th. District Administrator Uwe Melzer (CDU) called "personal reasons" for the decision of the official doctor, but could not reveal any further details.

He also pointed out that neither personal hostility nor criticism of Hartmann's office for the termination were decisive. Hartmann had taken over her post in January 2023 when the position was vacant for almost two years. Her predecessor, Professor Stefan Dhein, had thrown the towel in January 2022 due to criticism and threats during the Corona pandemic.

successor and current Situation in the health department

until the new occupation, Hartmann's deputy will continue to run the business in the health department. Despite the termination, the health department remains fully able to work and continues all tasks unabated. The district currently has a job advertisement for the official doctor's office.

The health department is well positioned with two medical full-time positions in health protection and three medical professionals in the children's and youth health service. In addition, two dentists and a psychologist work in the child and youth dental service.

On January 1, 2024, Bärbel Hartmann took over the official doctor's activity. The graduate doctor has already headed the health service in the district office with 34 employees. After almost 30 years in her own family practice in Geithain, she took over the management of the official medical service in the Leipzig district in the summer of 2020. Their time was strongly shaped by coronapandemic, which led to many long working days.

Hartmann plans to promote digitization in the health department, to intensify the expansion of preventive measures as well as travel medical advice and vaccination. An “open house” with health offers and information for the population should also take place as part of their short and medium-term goals. All doctor's offices in the health department are currently occupied to one point; A psychiatrist is still being sought.

The staff in the health department has received growth in the past time, with the hiring of a doctor and a doctor who are in training for the public health service, such as altenburgerland.de reported.

The situation in the health department remains challenging, and the search for a suitable successor for Bärbel Hartmann has already started.

Further information on the termination and the current situation in the health department Altenburger Land can be found in the report on lvz.de .