Minister of State Schmidt: "Huge step towards the future of Leipzig as a healthcare centre"

Today (9 August 2023), Minister of State Thomas Schmidt visited the St. Georg Hospital in Leipzig and handed over a funding decision to the management. The clinic will receive a total of 13.3 million euros to comprehensively refurbish and equip its 110-year-old listed Building 6. This will create a state-of-the-art training complex for various nursing, assistant and medical professions. The funds come from the Coal Regions Investment Act.

State Minister Thomas Schmidt emphasised on site: »The St. Georg Hospital will take a huge step forward with this financial injection. And Leipzig and the entire region with it. New jobs and training places will be created in the field of medical care, which will significantly strengthen the economic and living location here.

»We are very pleased about this funding decision. Today, we are laying the foundation for excellent training and one of the most modern training centres for the medical professions in the region," said Dr Iris Minde and Claudia Pfefferle, Managing Directors of the clinic.

The project is one of the projects funded in the Central German coalfield as part of the structural development of the former coalfields. A total of 45 projects with a volume totalling more than 477 million euros have so far been selected by the Regional Monitoring Committee in the Central German coalfield. The 14 projects in the funding area "Public welfare to improve economic conditions in the region, in particular the expansion of facilities for children and young people, investment in health and cultural facilities as well as age-appropriate conversion and barrier reduction" account for 26 per cent of this total. The promotion of the clinic also falls into this area. A total of 19 project sponsors in the Central German region have already received funding decisions with a funding volume of around 99 million euros.

Article from "Medienservice Sachsen" from 09/08/2023