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Health care in Germany

Germany's health care system is creaking as medical professionals are insufficient for an aging population.

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Ukrainian doctors receive training in Germany

Germany’s bureaucracy blocks Ukrainian, Syrian doctors

Germany’s bureaucracy blocks Ukrainian, Syrian doctors

Thousands of doctors from Ukraine and Syria who came to Germany as refugees are struggling to get licensed to work.
SocietyAugust 29, 2024
A young doctor stands beside an elderly patient in the hallway of a hospital.

How are foreign doctors faring in Germany?

How are foreign doctors faring in Germany?

Germany is welcoming an increasing number of foreign doctors. But what challenges and opportunities await them?
SocietyApril 27, 2024
A woman walking down the steps of the entrance to a hospital

Filipino nurses in Germany struggle with the language

Filipino nurses in Germany struggle with the language

Filipino nurses are in high demand in Germany, but struggles learning German make it harder for them to feel at home.
SocietyApril 25, 2024
Filipino nurses walking in a hospital in the Netherlands

Germany eyes Filipino nurses to ease labor shortage

Germany eyes Filipino nurses to ease labor shortage

Will Germany follow the United Kingdom and bring more Filipino nurses into its health care system?
BusinessMarch 14, 2024
Sign dangling on a door: "Streik! Praxis geschlossen!" (On Strike! Practice closed!)

German doctors on strike at the height of COVID, flu season

German doctors on strike at the height of COVID, flu season

Doctors are protesting low earnings and stifling bureaucracy. But the Health Ministry has rejected their demands.
HealthDecember 28, 2023
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Healthcare: Germany seeks to avoid sell-out

Healthcare: Germany seeks to avoid sell-out

As international investmentors are buying up doctors' practices, patients fear expensive and unnecessary treatments.
SocietyJuly 22, 2023
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A nurse preparing equipment in an emergency ward

Germany's small hospitals are disappearing

The health care system can't afford to keep them all open. But critics say patients may die due to closures.
HealthDecember 18, 2022
An ICU medical worker tends to an infant suffering from RSV

RSV surge pressuring German children's hospitals

A respiratory virus is circulating in Germany, hitting the youngest the hardest. But the acute situation was foreseen.
HealthDecember 6, 2022
A smiling David-Ruben Thies standing outside the hospital

German hospital opens synagogue

Many hospitals in Germany offer their patients a room for prayer. One clinic in Thuringia has opened its own synagogue.
ReligionMay 20, 2022
Alaa M. in court

Germany tries Syrian doctor for torture

Syrian doctor Alaa M. is standing trial in Frankfurt, accused of having been part of the Syrian torture system.
Human RightsJanuary 19, 2022
ICU with nursing staff who care for COVID patients

COVID pushes ICU to their limit and beyond

A growing number of Intensive Care Units have reached full capacity. The main problem: a shortage of specialized staff.
HealthNovember 22, 2021
women shouting at a police officer during an anti-covid demonstration in Berlin

COVID-deniers threaten German doctors

German doctors are receiving threats from vaccine opponents as pandemic fatigue sets in.
SocietyNovember 14, 2021
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