Thuringia: No permanent bottlenecks in clinic emergency rooms in Thuringia

Erfurt (dpa/th) - Although temporary closures of emergency rooms can always occur in individual cases, the operation of the emergency rooms in Thuringian hospitals is secured for the foreseeable future, according to the assessment of the state hospital society. "We are not aware of any permanent bottlenecks in Thuringia," said managing director Rainer Poniewaß on request. Depending on the respective workload, temporary admission stops are nothing unusual, but closures of emergency rooms, for example at the weekend, are not foreseeable. All 45 hospitals in Bavaria are currently treating emergencies as part of their healthcare mandate. A spokeswoman said that the Ministry of Health had not received any reports or information about special problems.