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19,990: Germany reaches new record number of coronavirus cases

Thu, 05 Nov 2020 10:33:19 +0100

The number of daily coronavirus cases hit a new record in Germany on Thursday, but the good news is that the all important R number is dropping further below the value of one.

Nurse jailed for life over German insulin murders

Tue, 06 Oct 2020 19:44:02 +0200

A Polish healthcare worker was sentenced to life in prison in Germany on Tuesday for killing at least three people with insulin, in a case that recalls that of serial killer nurse Niels Högel.

Blood reserves in Germany run critically short due to corona crisis

Wed, 20 May 2020 11:34:53 +0200

Levels of blood reserves in German hospitals are falling to critically low levels due to the coronavirus crisis, impeding efforts of the Red Cross to find donors.

'Up to 10 million' in Germany could contract coronavirus in coming months

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 13:37:11 +0100

The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave a new estimate on how many people in Germany could become infected with coronavirus if they don't follow emergency measures, as Germany approved a plan for more treatment space.

Doctors across Germany set to take strike action

Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:53:27 +0200

Doctors in clinics across the country are preparing to strike on Wednesday after ongoing talks to improve wages and conditions failed.

Germany's largest ever health study kicks off

Tue, 11 Nov 2014 09:00:00 +0100

The largest health study ever conducted in Germany called the National Cohort started on Monday, with researchers hoping the 28-year long investigation will shed new light into the risk factors of humanity's most prevalent diseases.

Mix-up meant man died metres from hospital

Fri, 25 Apr 2014 12:58:00 +0200

A man collapsed and died just 50 metres from a hospital in western Germany on Tuesday morning. A passer-by ran into the hospital, but a porter said doctors were not allowed to leave the building to help.

Half of German hospitals in the red

Wed, 20 Nov 2013 13:10:00 +0100

The financial security of Germany’s hospitals has fallen sharply in the last year with one in every two hospitals making a loss. A study released on Wednesday blamed rising insurance premiums for the precarious situation.

Six kilo newborn Germany's biggest baby

Tue, 30 Jul 2013 14:45:00 +0200

Germany's heaviest-ever baby has been born naturally in the eastern city of Leipzig. Weighing over six kilos, the little girl is being looked after in hospital. Her mother had been suffering from undiagnosed diabetes.

Cash-strapped hospitals 'took on 13,600 new staff'

Mon, 08 Jul 2013 12:09:00 +0200

German hospitals have employed more than 13,000 additional nurses and carers over the last few years, despite continued complaints about underfunding, a report in the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper says.

Nearly half of hospital infections 'avoidable'

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:56:00 +0200

German internists said on Sunday they were pushing for better hygiene in the country’s hospitals, noting that as much as 40 percent of the roughly 500,000 infections annually caused by contagious germs in hospitals are avoidable.

€880m shot in the arm for debt-ridden hospitals

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 10:33:00 +0100

Germany's debt-ridden hospitals are to be given an €880 million bailout, the ruling coalition agreed on Friday, to help tackle a looming financial crisis in the German healthcare service.

Injured Bolshoi director to be treated in Germany

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 13:26:00 +0100

The Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director was preparing on Sunday to move to a German clinic from a Moscow hospital where he is recovering from an acid attack he blames on a colleague at the storied but bitterly divided troupe.

Hospitals 'profit from unnecessary operations'

Sun, 02 Dec 2012 13:52:00 +0100

German hospitals are increasingly performing non-vital operations for financial gain, according to a damning report by the largest German statutory health insurer due to be released this Friday.

Hospital sex abuse claim 'just the latest'

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 13:28:00 +0100

A German hospital worker has been suspended after allegedly sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl in his care - and it has emerged that despite earlier similar allegations, he had been working in the children's department since 2008.

Organ donor law starts as interest flatlines

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:04:00 +0100

New rules to encourage people to donate their organs take effect on Thursday, yet interest has been stagnant since the start of the year – and two scandals surrounding the corrupt allocation of donated organs will not have helped.

'Relatives of patient' attack hospital professor

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:38:00 +0200

A world-respected cancer specialist is being treated in his own hospital in Germany after two men burst into his office and beat him with sticks. A colleague who tried to stop the attack was also hurt.

One baby dies, others ill after bacteria outbreak

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 16:19:00 +0200

One baby has died and seven others are being treated for a bacterial infection at a Berlin hospital, where two of five neonatal wards have been shut as staff hunt for the source of the infection.

Organ transplant scandal suspicions 'date to 1990s'

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:48:00 +0200

The donor organ waiting list scandal unfolding in a German hospital, where it seem doctors changed medical records to push patients up the lists, could date back nearly 20 years, it emerged on Monday.

Doctor 'cheated' to get patients on organ list

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:51:00 +0200

A leading German doctor is under investigation for allegedly changing medical records to make people appear sicker than they were – bumping them to the top of organ transplant lists ahead of desperately ill people.