Increased number of refugees is preparing emergency rooms problems

Large number of refugees presents some emergency rooms with problems
That the emergency rooms in clinics are completely overcrowded, keeps coming back. At present, the problem in some regions is compounded by the large increase in the number of refugees. Some clinics in the southwest of the republic are working on the limit.
Some clinics are overloaded
Some hospitals in southwestern Germany are facing problems due to the large increase in the number of refugees. According to the news agency dpa, an average of 15 to 25 patients per day would come from the initial reception facilities to the emergency department of the Mannheim University Hospital. In addition to the 100 to 200 patients who would be treated on a daily basis anyway, as the director Joachim Grüttner explained. "We are on the verge of our ability to work," said the doctor.

Emergency department: The capacity seems to be exceeded at the moment. Image: Monkey Business - fotolia

Location is not problematic
The Heidelberger Klinikum also reports that there is a large crowd. According to dpa, a spokeswoman said that in the third quarter alone, nearly 1,300 refugees from the Patrick Henry Village (PHV) and other Heidelberg accommodation were treated in the ambulances. Compared to the first quarter, the number has approximately doubled. Nevertheless, the Baden-Württembergische Krankenhausgesellschaft does not consider the situation to be very problematic. "The waiting rooms of the emergency rooms were initially full of refugees. But that has since improved, "said spokeswoman Annette Baumer. According to her, doctors are now working in many larger refugee camps.

Many patients are wrong in the emergency department
Regardless of the increased number of arrived refugees, there has always been the problem that ambulances often report people for whom a general practitioner would be sufficient. There are too many wrong patients in the emergency room. According to research, about 20 percent of patients who have been treated in an emergency room at a hospital could also be treated elsewhere. That many asylum seekers need medical help, after the hardships of the long escape is not surprising. More than half of the refugees reached Germany traumatized. This was the result of a study a few months ago. (Ad)