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The canton of Lucerne is rebuilding the Corona hospital in Nottwil
The number of Covid 19 patients is also increasing in the canton of Lucerne. That is why Corona Hospital in Nottwil is put back into operation.
Corona Hospital was built on behalf of the Department of Health and Social of the Canton of Lucerne.
(pw) The Cantonal Corona Working Group assumes that there will be a greater number of Covid 19 patients in Lucerne acute hospitals in the coming weeks. This is what the canton of Lucerne writes in a press release. As in spring, bottlenecks in acute care hospitals cannot be ruled out.
Therefore, the governing council has decided to put the Lucerne Medical Center (MCL) in Nottwil back into operation from 23 November 2020. In a first construction step, 25 treatment beds will be created. As soon as the beds are filled, the MCL will expand further.
The health department may assign additional service contracts to hospitals.
The Lucerne governing council is closely monitoring the development of Covid 19 patients who need hospitalization. In order to create additional hospital beds quickly if necessary, you have authorized the health and social department to temporarily add additional institutions such as the MCL to the list of hospitals or assign additional service contracts to institutions such as rehabilitation clinics that are already on the list. of hospitals. Give. Depending on the evolution of the number of Covid 19 patients in acute clinics and the occupancy of beds in internal and external cantonal rehabilitation clinics, this could be necessary depending on the canton.
With the additional capabilities at the MCL in Nottwil, Lucerne Cantonal Hospital and Hirslanden Klinik St. Anna could be relieved to make their capabilities available to treat complex Covid 19 cases for as long as possible.
A look at Corona Hospital in Nottwil this spring:
The governing council is willing to contribute 25 million Swiss francs to support difficult cases
The canton communication also states that the Lucerne governing council “welcomes the federal hardship ordinance in principle,” says Finance Director Reto Wyss. However, within the framework of the consultation, the Governing Council asserts the following requests for complementation and clarification:
- The federal government will complete the aid package, which is estimated at 200 million Swiss francs and, due to its responsibility for economic policy, will significantly increase its share of the financing. Wyss Challenge: “The 200 million Swiss francs will hardly be enough to absorb the medium and long-term consequences of the Covid 19 pandemic. The overall economic challenges will tend to increase.” Depending on the development of the pandemic, a relaunch of Covid 19 loans.
- In addition, the governing council suggests more specific statements and precautions to combat abuse.
- The governing council wants to be able to handle support measures such as loans or A-funds-perdu contributions flexibly and also use mixed forms. “It seems to us that it makes more sense if support measures can be combined if necessary to meet the needs of the business in the best possible way,” says Reto Wyss.
In this context, the Lucerne government applies to the Cantonal Council for an emission license of 25 million Swiss francs. This sum also includes the 8.58 million Swiss francs that the federal government has allocated to the canton of Lucerne according to its distribution code. CFO Reto Wyss says:
“We plan to implement mainly loan guarantees and A-fonds-perdu contributions.”
The Lucerne government is striving to be able to speak as soon as possible and wants to present the corresponding decree to the cantonal council in December.
The criteria of who receives how much money and in what form is currently being developed and communicated when the Covid 19 hardship ordinance goes into effect.
