Overview
- Emergency rooms at Evangelisches Waldkrankenhaus Spandau, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Hubertus, Evangelische Elisabeth-Klinik and Martin-Luther-Krankenhaus are overfull, with fractures from falls the dominant diagnosis as operating theatres and ICUs near critical load.
- Since midnight, crews handled roughly 470 ice-related incidents and the ambulance service logged about 1,420 runs by afternoon, more than double the previous day.
- All three rescue helicopters were grounded by frost, nearly all ambulances were deployed with volunteer units added, and longer response times were reported.
- Police tallied 565 traffic crashes since Friday afternoon, with 20 people injured, including one seriously.
- Public transport in Berlin largely held, though Potsdam suspended buses for hours and BER departures faced minor de-icing delays, while officials say calls are easing but the glatteis warning stays in place until Sunday morning.