Clinic cooperation in Dessau: Rescue against financial catastrophe!

Clinic cooperation in Dessau: Rescue against financial catastrophe!

A significant cooperation between the University Medical Center Magdeburg and the Dessau City Clinic was officially sealed on Tuesday. The signed contract provides for close cooperation that aims both personnel and cost savings. In view of the financial challenges that the Dessau Clinic Clinic is facing until 2028 - a financial hole of over 60 million euros - this step is more than overdue. The city of Dessau must pay for these deficits and hopes to stabilize and expand medical care through the partnership. As [MDR reports] (https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/sachsen-anhalt/dessau/dessau-rosslau/klinik-kooperiert-mit-magdeburg-100~Amp.html), there will also be close coordination regarding the treatment of diseases at both locations.

already exist in important areas such as liver and stem cell transplantation, oncology and pediatric surgery. These trends could intensify through the new agreement. It is also considered that medical students at the Magdeburg University should gain practical experience in Dessau. This could offer an incentive to stay in Saxony-Anhalt after studying and to support regional medical care.

A step into the future of medicine

The support of this cooperation is no coincidence: Science Minister Armin Willingmann and Minister of Social Affairs Petra Grimm-Benne actively campaign for this initiative. They emphasize that such cooperations are necessary to secure medical care in rural areas and to successfully counter the challenges of demographic change and the long of the doctor in Saxony-Anhalt.

The health cabinet, which recently met in Saxony-Anhalt, dealt intensively with the question of securing skilled workers. Prime Minister Dr. Reiner Haseloff emphasizes that over 100 measures for recruiting and binding doctors have been developed and high -quality care is sought. The new hospital planning, which is to be decided by summer 2026, pursues the goal of modernizing and focusing on the hospital structures in order to optimize the services. This was a central topic in the last meeting of the health cabinet, in which health care was a priority, according to the [website Saxony-Anhalt] (https://ms.sachsen-anhalt.de/aktuelles/news-detail/gesundheitkabinett-schlißst-kreichen-kmen-massenkat- against-aerztemnangel- und-schedule-fuer hospital planning).

wide range of specialist areas

The University Medical Center Magdeburg offers a wide range of medical fields that range from surgery and gynecology to neurology and psychiatry. These include:

• anesthesiology and intensive therapy
• neck-nose and throat medicine
• Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
• internal medicine, including gastroenterology and oncology
• surgery, both general and specialized areas

This comprehensive offer enables the clinic to efficiently treat patients with different needs and at best to improve the quality of care in the region.

The cooperation between the University Medical Center Magdeburg and the Dessau City Clinic is therefore another important step to sustainably improve health care in Saxony-Anhalt. While the health cabinet is planning measures to obtain medical students and any reforms, everyone involved hopes for positive developments that can also strengthen the quality of life of the population.