The second Munich emergency study, which the Institute for Emergency Medicine and Medical Management at the Ludwig Maximilian University Hospital presented to the Health Committee, makes it clear that the number of emergencies will increase in the coming years. Head Stephan Prückner explained this very clearly to the city council members on Thursday when the study was presented.
In the clinics there is a lack of capacity to care for the seriously ill, he summarized the study. The emergency care of children should also be optimized. In the field of outpatient treatment, clinics, the Bavarian Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KVB) and the health department should work more closely together. In short: there must be more on-call practices in the end.
The study shows that very clearly, said the second mayor, Verena Dietl (SPD). Many cases could be treated on an outpatient basis. “I will therefore not stop working towards the KVB to ensure that this supply is also possible.” Stefan Jagel, parliamentary group leader of Die Linke/Die Party, calls the KVB’s statement in the study “cheeky”. They talk their way out of what he is currently giving.
The KVB makes it clear in the study that after examining data and facts, the “need for an expansion is not recognizable”. “I really hope that there will be a change in attitude,” says Jagel. In 2018, three new on-call practices were opened – at the Munich Clinic Bogenhausen, at the Barmherzige Brüder Hospital and at the Munich Clinic Harlaching. In 2019, one was added at the Third Order Clinic.
In order to relieve the emergency rooms in the clinics, to strengthen outpatient medicine and to ensure care, especially in underserved parts of the city, there must be more on-call practices – all factions agreed on that. It was also agreed that the results of the emergency study would have to be taken into account in the new medical concept at the Munich Clinic.