round 350 People demonstrated on Saturday against the planned closure of obstetrics and gynecology at the Schwalmstadt Clinic. According to a decision by the Asklepios Group, both departments should... 1. January 2027 be closed.
The closure means that employees will lose their jobs and medical care in rural areas will become more difficult. In the future, expectant mothers will have to travel more than 40 Take minutes.
The Asklepios Group justifies the decision with the cuts as part of the federal hospital reform. In recent years there have been obstetric services in Volkmarsen, Wolfhagen and Alsfeld as well as emergency rooms in Melsungen and Bad Arolsen are closed.
More than 7.000 People are calling for the preservation of the women's clinic in a petition. They criticize, that basic medical care should not be sacrificed to austerity measures and profit interests.