Overview
- Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin reports it is at capacity after days of ice-related injuries, with long waits and cases ranging from fractures to head wounds and traumatic brain injuries.
- The Berlin facility says New Year’s firework injuries are adding to the workload, while a nearby out-of-hours practice is taking less severe cases to keep the emergency unit focused.
- Hamburg hospitals report a clear rise in slip injuries, with Asklepios St. Georg seeing roughly double the usual accident volume and more than 20 fracture surgeries over the weekend.
- UKE in Hamburg is treating up to about 20 weather-related patients daily and remains within capacity, with normal emergency volume at 170 to 200 patients per day.
- Charité notes only a slight increase in fall patients, and hospital spokespeople urge shoe spikes, limited outings, avoiding cycling, and checking on older neighbors; planned operations have not been broadly postponed.