In a bid to stop overcrowding in emergency rooms across the country, Spahn is submitting a draft bill that would see a complete reorganization of emergency medical careAccording to Funke media group reports on Monday, the draft bill provides for all federal states to introduce emergency telephone control centres. In addition, special emergency centres are to be set up at hospitals where patients are sent either to inpatient or outpatient treatment depending on the severity of their illness. As a result, waiting times are often too long for patients who urgently need help in the accident and emergency departments. Emergency control centre staff will then assess who should go to hospital and who can be helped by a doctor. In addition, all hospitals nationwide should have "Integrated Emergency Centres" (Integrierte Notfallzentren or INZ) operated jointly by the clinics and the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians.

Source: The Local July 22, 2019 11:03 UTC