New health center in Gröditz: Doctors fight against the lack!

New health center in Gröditz: Doctors fight against the lack!

Gröditz, Deutschland - In recent years, health care in rural areas has increasingly proven to be challenging. In order to counteract the impending shortage of doctors in Gröditz, Henry Wendt, an entrepreneur from the region, showed initiative. With a lot of commitment, he has renovated a dilapidated building on Marktstrasse and converted into a now blooming health center. The renovation lasted 1.5 years and not only created two general medical practices, but also a specialist outpatient clinic that guarantees both inpatient and outpatient care. Dies axes reports that the modernized rooms are not only impressed by their architecture, but also with contemporary heating, ventilation and air conditioning technology, which is equipped for a pleasant work environment ensures.

Another step to improve medical care was with the support of Dr. Ekkehard Mrosk and Robert Kaubisch, two general practitioners, realized who could be won for this pilot project. In addition, the ELBLANDKLINICUM Riesa provides four specialists who are available one day a week for consultation hours. Sächsische emphasizes that this initiative is unique in Saxony, unique, there there is an institute outpatient clinic for four departments such as orthopedics, pediatrics, vascular medicine and urology.

unique concept for Gröditz

Approval for this project was anything but easy because hospital doctors are usually tied to the hospital. The Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians finally granted permission for this innovative cooperation, which paved the way for the establishment of a health center, which could also serve as an example of other regions. The high demand for medical services in particular shows that the order books of the center are already well filled. This suggests that such a model in rural areas meets a positive response and urgently needed.

Since April 2025, the institute outpatient clinic has been occupied by the Elbland Clinic. Carmen Baumgart from the KVS has also campaigned for this pilot project. The future looks promising: the project is initially designed for two years, with the hope that this model will establish itself in the long term. The doctors in the health center offer the following consultation hours during the week:

The investment in health care in Gröditz shows that it is possible to change old structures and to meet the needs of the population. Sustainable health solutions like this are crucial to continue to ensure qualitative care in the future.