Deutsch lernen mit Nachrichten - Deutschen Krankenhäusern fehlt es an Geld

The hospitals are complaining that there is a lack of money and are afraid that clinics will have to close. For today, they have therefore called for a nationwide protest day. The federal government is already helping with billions, says Federal Health Minister Lauterbach. Let's take a closer look at the situation. In 2010, there were still 2,064 hospitals in Germany. Since then, the number has been continuously declining. In 2021, there were still 1,887, so just under 9 percent. The number of beds decreased by around 4 percent in the same period. A development that is currently accelerating, warns the hospital society. About the protests, Dominik Müller-Russell. Businesswoman Maut-Beste is very concerned about her home. That is why she has now moved to the Düsseldorf state parliament. She heads the Gütersloh clinic, but the expenses are completely out of control. Example energy costs. Surgery rooms must be cooled, bedrooms heated, medical devices operated. Her consumption is almost as high as that of a small town. Her electricity bill has doubled this year. Or personnel costs. Her clinic now has to spend 4 million euros in addition for rising salaries. 40 clinics have already reported insolvency this year, according to the hospital society. They are all afraid of the same fate. We just notice that we can't make ends meet with the money. We have no chance of compensating for it. And we are running into an unregulated wave of insolvency, which means that what we take for granted, namely a good supply, will no longer be guaranteed. The clinics demand support from the countries and especially from the federal government. The Minister of Health refers to the hospital reform, which should put the financing on solid ground from 2025. In addition, the federal government is already helping, for example with energy costs. In the transition phase, the federal government will pay again. Two and a half billion are now flowing. We will pay care costs accelerated. The countries are now also asked. You could now pay your investment costs, which you have been partially responsible for for ten years. They demand quick help in the Gütersloh clinic in view of the numbers. The situation is unparalleled. I have not yet experienced such a development and such a drama in 25 years of hospital. With a deficit of 4 million euros, they expect 7 million this year in Gütersloh. If something does not happen soon, they fear not to survive economically. To the UN in New York. The open meeting of the powerful Security Council is being closely watched there. Ukrainian President Zelensky spoke there for about an hour and demanded a comprehensive reform of the Security Council. More about this from Claudia Bates. He takes his place under the huge wall of peace, but Volodymyr Zelensky brings the Russian attack war here in the Security Council. The Russian ambassador to the United Nations sits directly opposite. Foreign Minister Lavrov did not appear at first. The Russian representative complains that President Zelensky may speak here first. The Albanian president of the meeting finds clear words. There is a solution. If you agree, stop the war and President Zelensky will not take the floor. Zelensky wanted to make peace proposals here and is pushing for a reform of the United Nations. The UN recognized Russia as the only source of the war, but that did not change anything for Russia. His veto right had driven the United Nations into a dead end. With a two-third majority that reflects the international community, with Asia, Africa, Europe, North and South America and the Pacific region, with this qualified majority, the veto should be voted on. Other speakers also see the biggest problem in the veto right. We encourage the ongoing efforts to limit the veto right. Then a moratorium should be introduced, which ultimately leads to the complete abolition of the veto right over a reasonable period of time. President Zelensky has left the United Nations after his speech. It will probably not come to a direct meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister. The Russian Foreign Minister is currently speaking. Emma Thewissen, how does Lavrov express himself? Lavrov has, to a certain extent, turned to counterattack. He claims that Russia actually enters for the basic principles of the United Nations, for territorial integrity and sovereignty, and then turns his head and claims that the West, especially the USA, actually in recent years, always only selectively apply these basic principles, if they suit them, that the USA, for example, would have mixed into the internal affairs of Ukraine and Russia in recent years, and that everything that came after that was basically just a consequence of it. So Lavrov is in every way inconspicuous. And I think that shows a little bit how important what Zelensky said is, namely that in the end it comes down to the fact that the veto right of individual states that act as aggressors can be broken. But that would of course also mean that the United States and China, who ultimately had to agree to lose their veto right in conflict cases, and that is not currently in view. In the end, the General Assembly of the United Nations would have to be in favor of this. Thank you for this explanation, Elmar Thewissen. Disastrous storms, such as the Philippines, are also a consequence of the climate crisis. How is the development of an ever-hotter atmosphere still to be maintained? The UN is now looking for answers to this question at the edge of the General Assembly in New York. The leading representatives of states and regions, but also organizations and companies, were there. Mark Hugo reports. Jeb Sanyo has come from far away to New York. The Filipino wants to put pressure on the heads of state and government to get ahead in climate protection. I expect them to seriously think about the future. I expect them to think about their children, so that at some point they can look into their eyes and say that they have done their best as world leaders. His homeland, the Philippines, is repeatedly hit hard by storms, floods or droughts, as well as many countries in the global south. In New York now, new statements. Germany wants to stop its contribution to the green climate fund for poor countries. Germany plans to contribute 2 billion euros, an increase of 500 million euros compared to the last inflation. Solid financial statements are the necessary basis to get ahead at the next climate conference. The world's ambitions so far are not yet enough for Paris' climate goals. The emission of greenhouse gases continues to increase. If all the countries' climate goals are also implemented, the curve will probably bend down soon. But in order to reach the 1.5 degree limit for global warming, the emission would have to drop drastically. In any case, Jeb Sanyo listens very closely. In New York, and he will probably do it again at the World Climate Conference in Dubai at the end of the year. In recent months, significantly more refugees have come to Italy and also to Germany. Now Federal President Steinmeier sees both countries at the border of burden. At a meeting with his Italian colleague Mattarella in Sicily, Steinmeier called for an open debate in Germany. The aim should be to reduce the number of refugees. Without European rules, however, the migration problems could not be solved. You can surf particularly quickly with the so-called 5G mobile network. However, many components of it come from Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE. In the Federal Government, there is therefore concern about too great a dependence on China and that China may spy on mobile connections or cause a blackout. Within the Federal Government, there are now plans to limit the installation of Chinese components in the 5G network. Dotte Färber. A 5G network quickly expanded with the help of inexpensive Chinese technology. This should soon be over when it comes to the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The influence of Chinese manufacturers like Huawei on networks in Germany, on critical infrastructure, is too strong. For me it is important, and this is also part of the national security strategy of the Federal Government and also the China strategy, that we avoid as many dependencies as possible and minimize security risks. The Ministry of the Interior could prohibit the installation of Chinese technology in the 5G network from 2026. And what has already been installed from China should be removed again. Antennas and masts would have to be renewed. Not feasible in the short term, says the Telekom. With regard to approval procedures, available capacities for alternative suppliers, available capacities for construction companies and the further mobile communication expansion desired by customers and politics, a target date for exchange until 2026 is quite realistic. In the coalition, the plans are controversial. The ban on Chinese technology could slow down and make the expansion of the 5G network more expensive, fears the FDP. Our position is that 5G expansion is already a very high standard and there are strict regulations on the use of critical components. And I would consider this very differentiated approach to be useful. How to go on with 5G without dependence on China? Next week, the Ampel wants to advise. Two times, Minister of the Interior Feser did not appear in the Bundestag's internal committee when it came to the Schönbohm affair. Today she was there giving a speech and answering. The opposition suggests that the head of the Federal Office for Security in Information Technology has been unfairly misplaced. In addition, she is said to have instrumentalized the protection of the constitution to make inquiries about Arne Schönbohm. Both were rejected by the minister. More from Lars Bonsack. It was in October of last year when the interior minister dismissed the then president of the Federal Office for Security in Information Technology Schönbohm. However, not because of a critical television ad, but because of serious technical differences, as she says. My main goal was to turn away damage from the BSI as an authority. This important security authority must be considered 100% integral and trustworthy in public. The minister apologized for her staying away in the last internal committee meetings, but the union is not satisfied with her answers. She asked in detail, she answered, but she did not answer all the questions. And she partly did not lift the contradictions, but partially even strengthened them. The union's suspicion that the interior minister has instrumentalized the protection of the constitution to make inquiries about Schönbohm is dismissed by its head. After October 22, neither Minister Faeser nor other employees in the Federal Ministry of the Interior made inquiries in this direction to the federal office. The traffic light parties see the interior minister relieved. A German news service was misused against the law. And this accusation has been cleared. The Hesse election campaign has long arrived in the Bundestag. The Berlin opposition parties should be interested in explaining the topic politically not yet finished. Teachers in Germany are increasingly observing signs of child poverty in their classes. This is the result of a survey that was presented to the World Children's Day by the Robert Bosch Foundation today. One third of teachers reported that children would be more likely to worry about the financial situation of their parents. In socially disadvantaged areas, it is even almost half. 37 percent observe that children have insufficient school supplies. In disadvantaged areas, even almost two thirds. Unions and consumer protectors appeal that the price brakes for gas and electricity should be extended beyond the end of the year. In this way, private households could also be protected from energy price increases in the coming winter and the switch to a more climate-friendly production. The gas price break alone cost the state around 13 billion euros by the summer, according to calculations from the IFO Institute.