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Lower Saxony is investing 316 million euros in hospitals – OM also benefits!
Oldenburg benefits from an investment program in hospitals in Lower Saxony with millions of dollars for modernization and conversions.
Lower Saxony is investing 316 million euros in hospitals – OM also benefits!
The Lower Saxony Ministry of Social Affairs, Labor, Health and Equality has taken a big step in the community: an investment program with a total volume of 316 million euros for 2025 has been decided. The aim is to modernize the medical infrastructure and make it future-proof. What is particularly pleasing is that facilities in Oldenburger Münsterland will also benefit from these funds. The Cloppenburg St. Josefs Hospital will receive 3.5 million euros for renovation and expansion measures. The Friesoyther St. Marien Hospital can look forward to 3.3 million euros for the new construction of the intensive therapy ward (ITS) and the centralization of the operating areas. Another significant amount will go to the Dammer Hospital St. Elisabeth, which will be provided with 6 million euros for the new building of the central emergency room OM online reported.
A total of 30 construction projects in various hospitals are being funded, with facilities such as the Johanneum in Wildeshausen and the clinic in Oldenburg also being taken into account. The process for publishing the funding amounts in the Lower Saxony Ministerial Gazette has already been completed, but final approval from the state government is still pending.
Restructuring and new specifications
As part of the comprehensive hospital reform, the St. Josef Hospital in Cloppenburg is now facing a restructuring process. As the SES Foundation reports, hospitals will only be allowed to provide services in the future if they meet certain requirements. These new service groups replace the previous specialist departments and require a differentiated view of the medical offerings. From April 1st, the facilities can submit applications for the planned range of services to the Lower Saxony state government.
In Cloppenburg, the areas of internal medicine in particular are being reorganized. The main points of contact include general internal medicine, geriatrics, gastroenterology and cardiology. The three chief physicians in these specialist areas have already developed innovative concepts to optimize medical care. Dr. Achim Gutersohn has established 24/7 infarction care, while Dr. Borislav Benedek introduces new investigation methods. Prof. Dr. Johan Lorenzen is new to the team and takes care of general internal medicine and geriatrics.
Future outlook and long-term investments
Lower Saxony also plans to invest over 500 million euros in hospital infrastructure in 2024. Health Minister Andreas Philippi sees this as an opportunity to reduce existing investment backlogs and promote new construction projects NDR reported. The focus is on improving the clinics to make them more modern and future-proof.
Over the next ten years, the state and local authorities plan to provide a total of three billion euros. In addition, up to 2.5 billion euros could flow from a federal transformation fund. The investments are also intended to support the implementation of the nationwide hospital reform so that patient care in Lower Saxony remains at a high level.