Brandenburg's healthcare warns: catastrophic pandemic preparation!

Brandenburg's healthcare warns: catastrophic pandemic preparation!

In Brandenburg, resentment is encouraged to prepare for future pandemics. During a technical discussion in the Corona-Enquete Commission of the Brandenburg Landtag, leading representatives of the healthcare industry expressed concerns about organizational processes. Michael Jacob, Managing Director of the Landeskrankenhausgesellschaft, and Holger Rosteck, board member of the Brandenburg Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, have urged the grievances that came to light during the Corona pandemic and who urgently need to be improved.

The lack of masks, protective equipment, disinfectant and medication during the initial phase of pandemic was described as catastrophic. The storage problem also shakes the head: 54 hospitals and around 3,200 medical practices in Brandenburg are currently not able to store enough masks and protective equipment. "The expiry data must be observed urgently when storing," emphasizes Jacob, the need for better organization and planning.

protective equipment and procurement ensure sustainable

The difficulties in procurement also have to do with national and international market conditions. This resulted in extreme competitive situations for protective equipment and intensive care infrastructure during the pandemic. Each hospital, every care facility and every doctor has been on its own since it is about covering the need for personal protective equipment, explains the situation according to the Federal Ministry of Health . The Federal Government, together with the healthcare actors, took measures to ensure a high level of protection and to secure sufficient protective equipment.

With these measures, not least the goal of stabilizing health care is to be stabilized even in times of crisis. The current focus of the National Pandemie Planning lies on respiratory diseases and the rapid breaking out of new pathogens. The national pandemic planning itself has the task of establishing structures and processes in interpandemic phases so that in the event of an outbreak can be reacted quickly and effectively.

The Corona-Enquete Commission has made up for specific recommendations to better arm the Brandenburg healthcare system for future crises. "We have to learn from the experiences of covid 19 pandemic" is the unanimous opinion of the experts. High -quality, safe supply chains for medical products are required to avoid bottlenecks in the future and to protect the population in the best possible way.