District Council Elbe-Elster: No postponement for a new central hospital!

District Council Elbe-Elster: No postponement for a new central hospital!

Finsterwalde, Deutschland - The district of Elbe-Elster remains on course to build a new central hospital. This decision was confirmed on June 16, 2025 at the district council by a clear coordination of 26 MPs against an application by the Free Voters and other concerned. These had required to stop the plans for the 3+1 model and instead to keep the existing locations permanently. However, the vast majority saw the long -awaited innovation than necessary to sustainably improve medical care in the district. Two MPs abstained from the voice in the crucial session, while the employees of the Elbe-Elster clinic drew attention to their demands with a protest before the district council. Niederlausitz Aktuell Works council and the clinic management, which spoke out against a departure from the plans.

What is behind these plans? As early as April 2025, the district council confirmed the decision to launch a modern central clinic. The renovation of the three previous clinic locations in Elsterwerda, Finsterwalde and Herzberg into outpatient-in-stationary health centers is part of a comprehensive structural reform. This is intended to ensure that the necessary medical care will continue to be close to the place of residence in the future by bundling competencies and staff. Brandenburg explain that the Minister of Health Britta Müller visited the location in Finsterwalde to find out about the current situation and the state of reforms.

The new central hospital

The vision of a central hospital includes a wide range of services and modern working and care conditions. For the central building, which is planned with around 300 beds, detailed plans are to be created by the end of August. The aim is to secure funding as part of the nationwide hospital reform. An important part of this reform is the hospital transformation fund, which provides up to 50 billion euros for structural changes between 2026 and 2035. kpmg emphasizes that telemedical networks are also worthy of funding.

The reform aimed at in Brandenburg aims to strengthen regional health care and also build on modern, digital solutions in rural areas. This transformation also requires extensive renovation and construction work as well as investments in new technologies and training capacities.

A look into the future

The decline in stationary patients in the Elbe-Elster Clinic-from 18,321 in 2019 to 12.089 in 2024-shows that the requirements for health care are changing. Nevertheless, the need for this change is undisputed, and the new strategy could bring the urgently needed improvement. The Finsterwalde location alone has 171 fully inpatient beds, but the realignment should make the offers more effective and need -oriented.

In order to have a good knack for applying for funding from the transformation fund, it is important that all proposed measures are sustainable and offer positive continuation forecast. It remains exciting how the plans will develop and what new opportunities will arise for health care in the region.