Hospitals in the canton of Solothurn – There are not enough nursing staff for all hospital beds – News


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The Solothurn hospitals lack staff. Therefore, only 190 of the 230 beds are in operation, and operations are being postponed.

  • The canton’s own Solothurner Spitaler AG (SoH) has too few nursing staff to be able to operate all the beds.
  • In the Solothurn Citizens’ Hospital, for example, only 195 of the maximum 230 beds are currently available. In July it was 180.
  • According to the SoH, all necessary treatments are still possible. However, operations can be postponed and there may be waiting times.

There is a shortage of staff in gastronomy, schools and industry. There are no female cooks, teachers or engineers. And at the Solothurn hospitals there is a lack of nursing staff. The labor market has dried up, and other hospitals are also looking for staff. SoH spokesman Gian Trionfini says there is no relief in sight in the near future.

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Because the nursing staff is missing, beds in the Solothurn public hospital are empty.

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According to the spokesman, all SoH locations had problems – i.e. Solothurn, Olten and Dornach. At the largest location, the Bürgerspital in Solothurn, only 195 of the 230 beds are available. Until last week it was only 183 – 50 less than possible. It is said that the trend in available beds has been pointing slightly upwards in recent weeks. However: The maximum of 230 beds has never been operated.

This is the situation in the canton of Aargau


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The situation in the canton of Aargau is similar to that in the canton of Solothurn: “We are currently experiencing similar challenges in terms of staffing at the cantonal hospital in Aarau as in the canton of Solothurn. We are actively committed to remedying the shortage of skilled workers by recruiting and constantly training and further educating. We are therefore seeing a positive trend in the area of ​​human resources. However, we will probably not be in a normal state until the end of the year, »said media spokesman Boris Rauscher.

At the cantonal hospital in Baden, they say they are “shooting in the green”. Bed occupancy and number are consistently high.

Because there is a lack of staff and therefore the bed capacity cannot be exhausted, operations also have to be postponed. According to Trionfini, however, all necessary treatments can be carried out. The situation is constantly being reassessed. The issue of personnel will occupy the SoH and other hospitals in the medium to long term.

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