"In future, even more minor emergencies, such as people with a respiratory infection or minor injuries, will end up in the emergency departments of our clinics instead of the emergency practices where they should actually be. We therefore fear that the emergency departments will become even more overloaded," says District Administrator Dietmar Allgaier in alarm. This means even more work for doctors and even longer waiting times for patients. According to estimates by the KV Baden-Württemberg, around 40 percent of on-call times in the state were previously covered by the pool doctors.
"Emergency departments must not be paralyzed under any circumstances"
The emergency rooms are already overloaded and should not be paralyzed by the restriction of emergency practice operations under any circumstances, continued District Administrator Allgaier. "The situation has drastically deteriorated from one day to the next without need. Legislators must act as quickly as possible on this issue in the interests of the people and remedy the situation by amending the law accordingly. Otherwise, outpatient medical care for the population will be seriously jeopardized."
