Overview
- The Karlsruhe court released a new decision on how medical priorities are set when intensive care resources are scarce.
- The complaint was filed in late 2023 by 14 intensive and emergency care physicians with support from the Marburger Bund.
- The 2022 law permits allocation only by a patient’s current, short‑term probability of survival, excluding life expectancy or frailty as criteria.
- The challengers disputew the statutory ban on ex post triage, which would allow ending one treatment to treat a patient with a better prognosis.
- Initial reports highlighted the ruling’s publication but did not detail the judgment’s specific outcome.