Overview
- The private hospital’s management announced it will shut the Nienstedten site, confirming earlier reports with an official statement.
- Leaders said a review of economic and structural conditions found the clinic could no longer operate on a sound footing as a small private facility.
- About 170 employees face job losses, and the company said it will work with the works council to set up a social plan for staff.
- Current patients will continue to receive care until operations end, and the clinic noted it has no emergency department and handles scheduled procedures in surgery and internal medicine.
- Hamburg’s CDU demanded answers from the Senate and plans a parliamentary inquiry after earlier claims that the health authority was not notified and after reports of unsuccessful takeover talks.