https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Cleaning robot Franzi makes sure floors are spotless at the Munich hospital where she works, and has taken on a new role during the pandemic: cheering up patients and staff. https://www.thelocal.de/20210219/how-the-chatty-robot-franzi-is-cheering-up-german-patients Fri, 19 Feb 2021 10:04:17 +0100 how-the-chatty-robot-franzi-is-cheering-up-german-patients Germany registered a record number of deaths from Covid-19 on Wednesday, the first day of a new partial lockdown to try and curb a surge in infections. https://www.thelocal.de/20201216/germany-sees-record-death-toll-on-first-day-of-new-lockdown Wed, 16 Dec 2020 09:44:05 +0100 germany-sees-record-death-toll-on-first-day-of-new-lockdown No matter if a viable vaccine is coming on the market soon or not, Germany's Aachen hospital already knows there will still be a marathon to run when it comes to treating patients worst hit by the coronavirus. https://www.thelocal.de/20201114/from-fear-to-routine-one-german-hospitals-covid-marathon Sat, 14 Nov 2020 14:36:52 +0100 from-fear-to-routine-one-german-hospitals-covid-marathon German authorities probing a cyber attack on a hospital's IT system that led to a fatal delay in treatment for a critically ill woman believe the software used can be traced back to Russian hackers. https://www.thelocal.de/20200922/german-experts-see-russian-link-in-deadly-hospital-hacking Tue, 22 Sep 2020 16:52:26 +0200 german-experts-see-russian-link-in-deadly-hospital-hacking German prosecutors said Friday they were launching an investigation into involuntary manslaughter after a patient died in the aftermath of a hacking attack on a hospital. https://www.thelocal.de/20200918/manslaughter-probe-as-patient-dies-after-german-hospital-hacking-attack-duesseldorf Fri, 18 Sep 2020 19:24:26 +0200 manslaughter-probe-as-patient-dies-after-german-hospital-hacking-attack-duesseldorf German state and federal governments announced steps Wednesday to boost medical capacity as the country battles a mounting coronavirus outbreak, planning to double intensive respiratory care and commandeer new spaces for treatment. https://www.thelocal.de/20200318/germany-ramps-up-intensive-care-and-hospital-capacity-in-coronavirus-fight Wed, 18 Mar 2020 18:53:21 +0100 germany-ramps-up-intensive-care-and-hospital-capacity-in-coronavirus-fight Germany's Economy Minister Peter Altmaier was treated in hospital Tuesday after falling from the stage at a public event, a spokeswoman said, adding that he was "doing well given the circumstances". https://www.thelocal.de/20191029/german-economy-minister-breaks-nose-in-tumble-from-stage-peter-altmaier Tue, 29 Oct 2019 16:17:30 +0100 german-economy-minister-breaks-nose-in-tumble-from-stage-peter-altmaier A 77-year-old patient has died and 72 people were injured at a fire in a Düsseldorf hospital. https://www.thelocal.de/20190910/patient-dies-and-more-than-70-injured-at-dsseldorf-hospital-fire Tue, 10 Sep 2019 11:31:57 +0200 patient-dies-and-more-than-70-injured-at-dsseldorf-hospital-fire Doctors across Germany have walked off the job Wednesday in protest of long working hours and low pay. https://www.thelocal.de/20190410/wednesdays-doctor-strike Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:07:56 +0200 wednesdays-doctor-strike An activist with Russian protest punk band Pussy Riot said on Wednesday he was "convinced" he was poisoned by Russia's secret service, possibly for looking into the killing of three Russian reporters in Africa. https://www.thelocal.de/20180926/pussy-riot Wed, 26 Sep 2018 18:51:26 +0200 pussy-riot Festival-goers were rushed to the hospital after being stung by a swarm of hornets. https://www.thelocal.de/20180903/18-people-attacked-by-swarm-of-hornets-at-wine-festival Mon, 03 Sep 2018 12:51:09 +0200 18-people-attacked-by-swarm-of-hornets-at-wine-festival Ten children have been taken to hospital after collapsing in a double-decker bus on the A1 motorway near Oldenburg, Lower Saxony on Monday evening. https://www.thelocal.de/20180731/children-hospitalised-after-air-conditioning-fails-in-bus Tue, 31 Jul 2018 12:47:00 +0200 children-hospitalised-after-air-conditioning-fails-in-bus Almost fifty rescue workers were called to a pupils' track and field event in Hamburg on Tuesday due to complaints of the heat. It was the hottest day of the year in the Hanseatic city, with the mercury hitting 33.7C. https://www.thelocal.de/20180530/nine-pupils-at-sports-event-in-hamburg-sent-to-hospital-on-hottest-day-of-the-year Wed, 30 May 2018 11:44:01 +0200 nine-pupils-at-sports-event-in-hamburg-sent-to-hospital-on-hottest-day-of-the-year When all attempts to remove a woman’s fingers from a hand blender had failed during surgery, the doctors in a south German hospital called in the fire brigade. https://www.thelocal.de/20180112/firefighters-called-to-emergency-room-to-free-womans-fingers-from-blender Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:53:27 +0100 firefighters-called-to-emergency-room-to-free-womans-fingers-from-blender After four hours of waiting in hospital, a pregnant woman in Bavaria was examined, only to find out that she had lost her baby. https://www.thelocal.de/20170810/pregnant-woman-loses-baby-and-waits-four-hours-in-hospital-for-help Thu, 10 Aug 2017 17:40:34 +0200 pregnant-woman-loses-baby-and-waits-four-hours-in-hospital-for-help Tragedy struck the western German town of Bochum on Friday morning when a huge fire broke out in a hospital in Bochum, killing at least two people. https://www.thelocal.de/20160930/fire-at-major-ruhr-area-hospital-kills-at-least-two Fri, 30 Sep 2016 11:52:53 +0200 fire-at-major-ruhr-area-hospital-kills-at-least-two The young boy followed the abductor as she tried to leave the hospital with his baby brother. https://www.thelocal.de/20160801/nine-year-old-saves-his-newborn-brother-from-kidnapping Mon, 01 Aug 2016 19:10:48 +0200 nine-year-old-saves-his-newborn-brother-from-kidnapping A doctor has died after being shot at a Berlin hospital by an elderly man, Berlin police said on Twitter on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160726/shots-fired-at-berlin-hospital Tue, 26 Jul 2016 16:08:21 +0200 shots-fired-at-berlin-hospital He probably didn't want to last THAT long: after four days of wearing 13 metal rings on his penis, a man took help from the Munich fire department to be freed from his misery. https://www.thelocal.de/20160309/firemen-free-mens-penis-from-13-metal-rings Wed, 09 Mar 2016 17:37:50 +0100 firemen-free-mens-penis-from-13-metal-rings A 77-year-old woman from Osnabück has died in hospital after an examination machine weighing several tonnes fell on her. https://www.thelocal.de/20160129/pensioner-dies-after-hospital-machine-squashes-her Fri, 29 Jan 2016 18:58:06 +0100 pensioner-dies-after-hospital-machine-squashes-her