Fight for health: Styria urgently needs reforms!

Fight for health: Styria urgently needs reforms!

Graz, Österreich - Health care in Styria faces serious challenges. As reports orf.at , the acute ambulance at LKH Bruck is closed on January 13th. This decision was announced as part of a press conference on security of supply. Affected trauma surgery emergencies must then switch to the LKH in Leoben or to Graz, which will significantly burden medical care. The medical director of LKH Hochsteiermark, Erich Schaflinger, describes the situation with worrying, especially with regard to the already tense personnel situation in the healthcare system that is likely to improve.

In addition, the representatives of the coordination committee for security of supply in Styria provide information about the need for a comprehensive structural reform in healthcare. In the middle of the coalition negotiations between the FPÖ and ÖVP, those responsible call not to ignore the urgent need for action. They criticize the lack of financial support and the political influences that lead to the necessary adjustments to the structure only progressively progresses, such as meinzirk.at . The forecast that the supply bottlenecks could tighten if the supply bottleneck could not be counteracted as soon as possible.

alarming future forecasts

The supply situation could become considerably worse if many health doctors who approach retirement age should terminate their contracts prematurely. The Vice President of the Styrian Medical Association, Dietmar Bayer, warns that the number of health insurance doctors has originally dropped from 1,000 to around 920, while the population continues to rise. In order to revise the partly outdated structures, specialization and the creation of specialized centers are required. The experts emphasize that these are crucial for the future viability of the health system in Styria.

The urgent situation is described as a "bankruptcy declaration in the Austrian healthcare system" by Bayer, which sees the continuing problems as unsustainable. It is extremely important that the population is informed about the limits of the health system so that an understanding of the challenges arises and solutions can be found.