Saxony's hospitals will receive additional flat-rate funding of 20 million euros this year. According to the Ministry of Health in Dresden, the state parliament's budget and finance committee has approved the corresponding cabinet decision from June. The urgently needed funds will be allocated to the Sächsische Aufbaubank and then disbursed - without the need for a new application.
This will fill gaps that are causing massive cost increases in the hospitals' coffers and will not be closed by the federal government for the time being, said Social Affairs Minister Petra Köpping (SPD). The state government is stepping in to strengthen the liquidity of the facilities. They would be able to use the money quickly, promptly and directly for upcoming smaller investments and measures, eliminating the need for a bureaucratic and lengthy application and review process.
