Schwerin/Rostock/Greifswald (dpa/mv) – The report on the university medical centers in Greifswald and Rostock, presented on Wednesday, recommends increased cooperation between the houses and the corresponding regions. “As a commission, we recommend that the country concentrate more on complex treatments,” said Heyo Kroemer, chairman of the Berlin Charité and head of the group of experts, on Wednesday when the report was presented in Schwerin. This is one of the ways to be able to offer long-term high-quality care in a state like Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Kroemer named a joint data center as an example.
The expertise addresses both recommendations for overarching problems – such as the founding of a nursing academy to counter the shortage of skilled workers – as well as location-specific grievances. The Charité boss was particularly affected by the structural condition of internal medicine at the University Hospital in Rostock, from the point of view of the experts there is a risk of restrictions on the medical offer. What was particularly striking in Greifswald was the lack of its own heart surgery facility, which is the only university hospital in Germany without these options.
While close cooperation with the private Karlsburg Clinic for heart and metabolic diseases is being proposed in Greifswald, the Commission in Rostock even considers a merger with the municipal clinic in Südstadt to be advisable. “We don’t see any real future in local competition, especially if the houses are still state-owned,” says Kroemer.
