Need to shut down more than half of the hospitals in Germany

The report, commissioned by the Bertelsmann Foundation at the beginning of this year & published yesterday, suggests that the number of hospitals in Germany should be reduced from the current 1400 to less than 600. This would enable the remaining hospitals to have better facilities and more staff. The researchers of the study, from the Berlin Institute for Health and Social Research, found that majority of the smaller clinics in Germany of....