Overview
- Minister-President Reiner Haseloff told the Landtag the Zerbst clinic should be retained, signaling a reversal of the expected shutdown of inpatient care.
- How the site will operate going forward remains undecided, with Haseloff cautioning that compromises are likely as a workable model is defined.
- Helios had planned to discontinue inpatient treatment on December 19 but confirmed that the outpatient emergency area and the MVZ would continue and could be expanded.
- The works council welcomed the move to keep the site and urged constructive cooperation on future operations to safeguard care and jobs.
- The dispute reflects wider hospital restructuring in Saxony-Anhalt, where 44 hospitals at 53 sites face financial pressure and a reform push to centralize complex care while protecting regional access.