The care system is on the brink of collapse
Good morning, dear reader, There are crises everywhere. From top (climate) to bottom (extinction of species), from the east (Ukraine) to the west (Trump), from the supermarket (prices) to the living room (heating), everything feels out of kilter. Every person experiences crises differently, some are afraid, others take them as a challenge, others don’t care. […]
New rules should enable more kidney donations
In Germany, thousands of patients have to wait a long time for urgently needed donor organs – including kidneys. Can more flexible specifications help to remedy the deficiency? For many healthy people, organ donation is primarily a question for the time after death. But some organs, such as kidneys, can be removed while they are […]
Health Minister Karl Lauterbach wants to ensure more organ donations
Germany is a backbencher across Europe when it comes to organ donations. Now the Minister of Health wants to change that with a new proposal. In the fight against the organ shortage in Germany, Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) wants to make kidney donations much easier. This emerges from a draft for an amendment […]
50,000 doctors are undertrained
Germany will lack around 50,000 doctors in the coming years. “We will find ourselves in a very difficult supply situation,” warns Health Minister Lauterbach. Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach is alerting the German population to major gaps in medical care. “We have not trained 50,000 doctors in the last ten years. Therefore, we will be […]
Health kiosks: Karl Lauterbach’s plan failed
In order to ensure health care in rural regions, Health Minister Lauterbach wanted to introduce health kiosks. Now his draft has been canceled. According to a media report, the so-called health kiosks planned by Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) in medically underserved rural areas and structurally weak districts in large cities will not come […]
Lauterbach is pushing the pace – associations are protesting
Karl Lauterbach cannot go fast enough with his clinic reform. The first steps should come from May. The major renovation will begin in the fall. But the industry is protesting. Karl Lauterbach has been struggling with his hospital reform for a long time. The Minister of Health has been negotiating since last year, and in […]
Schröder turns 80: no more hiding
Excluded from the Berlin political establishment, courted by the Kremlin. Gerhard Schröder has maneuvered his friendship with Putin far into the sidelines. But he doesn’t want to accept the role of an outlaw. When Gerhard Schröder celebrated his 70th birthday ten years ago, the ex-chancellor’s world was still somewhat in order. The SPD organized a […]
Left-wing politician reports Lauterbach for infidelity
At the end of 2022, the Federal Minister of Health started a campaign for the corona vaccination. Now the Federal Audit Office is criticizing deficiencies in the awarding of the contract. And the left turns on the public prosecutor. The left-wing politician Sören Pellmann has filed a criminal complaint against Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach […]
Relief plan for family doctor practices
Sometimes there are longer waiting times. Sometimes there is no successor for a practice in the countryside: the health network is strained in many places. Can a mix of several measures help? Relief for general practitioners’ practices, new “health kiosks”, more transparency regarding health insurance services: According to the traffic light coalition’s legislative plans, local […]
So you will soon be able to smoke weed legally
The traffic light coalition has achieved its goal: smoking weed is permitted for adults within limits. t-online answers the most pressing questions. The most important things at a glance In the end it was still a tough game. The hotly contested legalization of cannabis has also cleared the final hurdle in the Federal Council – […]
