The internal medicine department of the LKH Tamsweg in Salzburg will no longer be admitting patients from neighboring Styria until Easter Monday – unless it is an emergency.
Until now, about a quarter of the people to be treated came from Styria, but the staff shortage at the hospital has now prompted the Salzburg State Clinics (SALK) to take the measure. Scheduleable internal tasks such as diabetes settings or high blood pressure patients are affected. Already planned operations and calamities will be dealt with further. The main task of the LKH Tamsweg is to supply the Lungau region.
The Styrian FPÖ sees the Salzburg measure as “further proof that the earlier plans for hospital centralization are finally being abandoned”. They called on Governor Christopher Drexler (ÖVP) to question Salzburg’s approach as soon as possible and to contact the other neighboring states. Salzburg’s measure is a “worrying development”, after all, some places in Styria are much closer to Tamsweg than to the nearest hospital in their own state. According to the FPÖ, performance cuts and centralization in the Styrian hospital sector are a mistake. If Tamsweger Hospital’s approach were to find imitators in Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Burgenland and Carinthia, Styria would face a health crisis of unimaginable proportions.
The Styrian NEOS also criticized the “patient limit” and called for immediate action by the state government to ensure regional health care. Member of the state parliament and health spokesman Robert Reif said: “Health care in upper Murtal has been neglected for years.” The Salzburg measure now creates great uncertainty. “The exclusion of patients from Styria is another bad news for our region. The ban puts the health care in and around Murau at risk,” says Reif. An emergency plan is needed for the health care in the upper Murtal.
Green health spokesman Georg Schwarzl said: “The closure of the internal department on the Stolzalpe was already a turning point for the people of the region. If the people of Murau no longer have access to the LKH in Tamsweg, another important supply will be lost. ” According to him, states should be forced to plan together and cooperate more in the hospital system as part of the financial settlement negotiations. own immediate care.” However, the challenges in healthcare no longer allowed “each state to cook its own soup”. More cooperation is essential.
Source: Krone
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