Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach wants to better equip the German healthcare system against crises and military conflicts. Germany must not only prepare itself better for future pandemics, but also "for major disasters and possible military conflicts," the SPD politician says.
A “turning point for the healthcare system” is necessary – if only because Germany could become a hub for the care of injured and wounded people from other countries if an alliance were to take place, he says. Germany has already taken in almost a thousand seriously injured people from Ukraine for treatment - more than any other European country.