Overview
- Regular operations were stopped at maternity and gynecology, intensive care, surgical wards, the emergency department, and cardiology with immediate effect.
- Hospital management cited an unsustainable staffing roster for the coming days and said patient safety takes priority.
- Patients with existing appointments were notified and redirected, and the site remains open for minor cases that do not require intensive care.
- Schleswig-Holstein’s health ministry says the facility retains a mandated emergency care role until March 31 and is reviewing possible steps over the uncoordinated suspension.
- The operator plans to conclude the insolvency process by the end of March and relaunch on April 1 as a specialty clinic for internal medicine, geriatrics and psychiatry with about 250 employees and roughly 20 internal-medicine beds.