According to a media report, the economic situation of hospitals in Germany is worse than it has been for more than 20 years.
As the newspapers of the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND) reported on Monday, citing the current hospital barometer of the German Hospital Institute, 60 percent of the clinics expect a loss for 2021.
The RND quoted the head of the German Hospital Association, Gerald Gaß, as quoting the situation as this.
According to this, the proportion of facilities that made losses is likely to double compared to the previous year.
According to the report, the main reason for the development is the lower utilization during the pandemic.
Because of the crisis, operations that could be planned more than once were postponed, and many people avoid medical consultations on their own out of fear of infections.