Parents are desperately fighting: 3-year-old is waiting for vital surgery!

Parents are desperately fighting: 3-year-old is waiting for vital surgery!

Tübingen, Deutschland - Marco, a three -year -old boy from Tübingen, suffers from a timpani fact that represents a collecting accumulation in the middle ear. For months, his parents have been desperately looking for an operation for a bang tube insert and the removal of the throat almonds, but their efforts have so far been unsuccessful. The ENT University Clinic Tübingen did not put Marco on the waiting list and refers the family to a home-anno doctor. The reason for this is the restricted surgical capacity of the clinic, which is fully booked up to one year in advance. This development is alarming, especially since the clinic treats a disproportionately number of ENT cases and plans to set up another surgical hall to improve the supply. The increasing number of patients also results from the withdrawal of other facilities from the ENT supply.

The wdr reports that many children in Germany, like the small marco, suffer from breathing and sleep disorders, hearing loss and delays in language development when necessary ERG operations fail. The President of the German Professional Association of Hals-nose and throat doctors, Prof. Jan Löhler, describes the financial situation as precarious. It states that ENT operations are less lucrative than other interventions, which means that more and more clinics cancel their contracts with ENT operations. This situation was tightened by the recent hospital reforms because many clinics cannot keep the new requirements.

increasing challenges in ENT supply

An example from North Rhine-Westphalia illustrates this: In this region, 31 ENT components have no benefits in terms of benefits regarding more than 4000 operations per year. Numerous ENT departments close due to the low proceeds in favor of profitable fields. The demand for an alignment of the remuneration for outpatient ENT interventions to the stationary interventions is getting louder. This financial misery means that some doctors have temporarily refused, since the remuneration does not even cover the costs.

In the WDR report, Jette's example is also mentioned, another child who has a similar problem due to hearing problems. The hearing disability discovered by her ear, nose and throat doctor has so far not been remedied by attempts to therapy and antibiotics. Here, too, the view of the necessary operation by the overcrowded clinics and the long waiting times that could extend until next year is severely restricted.

The urgency of diagnostics and therapy

The HNO-Net pointing out that bang infections were previously mainly observed in children, but are also increasingly occurring in adults. They arise when colds affect the ear ventilation. Comprehensive diagnostics, including ear microscopy and nose endoscopy, is necessary to determine the cause and find suitable therapies. Early diagnosis and treatment are important to avoid chronic courses and reduce the suffering.