Urban politicians are demanding rethinking: Hospital in Angermünde before the end?

Urban politicians are demanding rethinking: Hospital in Angermünde before the end?

In Angermünde and Prenzlau, the planned closure of the Clinic for Internal Medicine will ensure indignant reactions by 2029. The Society for Life and Health (GLG) plans drastic renovation measures that also affect emergency care and intensive care medicine. City councilors and citizens are alerted and sent a unanimous appeal to the management of the GLG to rethink the plans. "The Clinic for Internal Medicine has been an indispensable health care in Angermünde for decades," emphasizes Wolfgang Krakow, the chairman of the city council. He warns of the catastrophic consequences of longer travel paths in an emergency that not only endanger the quality of care, but could also cost human lives, such as nordkurier.de reported.

The clinic specializes in pulmonary medicine and offers comprehensive diagnostic options, for example in the lung function laboratory or with the help of innovative examination techniques such as video bronchoscopy. These procedures are crucial for the early detection of lung diseases, which are often only recognized in advanced stages. The department has proven itself as a valuable partner in regional health care. The SPD member of the Bundestag Stefan Zierke underlines that the restructuring of the offer in rural areas can now be adapted to the specific needs, also by expanded outpatient care offers. Nevertheless, the future of the location and the basic medical care remains tense, as Glg-gesundheit.de

The mayor of Angermünde, Ute Ehrhardt, is also concerned: "We have learned about these plans from the newspaper. The topic must continue to stay on the agenda." The city councils have decided to regularly address the hospital problem and to include them in the agenda of the meetings in order to continue to pursue the current situation of the location and to offer the citizens transparency.