How are doctors in Germany coping with spread of coronavirus?
GPs say they are prepared for dealing with the virus spread, and patients' worries – but they are concerned about running out of protective equipment.
German doctors walk off job in nationwide strike
Doctors across Germany have walked off the job Wednesday in protest of long working hours and low pay.
Head doctor arrested for killing unwitting woman with cocaine during sex
A head doctor in Saxony-Anhalt has been arrested under suspicion that he dosed a woman with cocaine during oral sex without her knowledge. The woman collapsed and died in hospital.
Germans go to doctor WAY too much, says insurer
A health insurance company has said that Germans are going to the doctor twice as much as they actually need to. But doctors disagree.
German clinic offers last hope to cancer-struck Aussie child
When doctors in Australia admitted defeat in their attempts to cure a young child's brain cancer they said there was only one chance left - a cutting-edge clinic in central Germany.
Top doctor blasts Lufthansa over pilots' mental health
The head of Germany's doctors' association has lashed out at both Lufthansa and aviation regulators for failing to prevent last year's Germanwings crash by allowing a pilot who suffered from severe depression to fly.
German man first to contract Lassa fever outside Africa
An undertaker now being treated in Frankfurt has become the first person ever to contract Lassa fever outside of Africa.
Gynecologist faces court over intimate photos
A doctor in western Germany is accused of using cameras hidden in a chair and in pens to take invasive photos of female patients, as well as carrying out examinations "solely for sexual arousal".
Fraudster surgeon fired after years on the job
A man who had been practicing surgery for years was fired from the hospital where he worked after it emerged that he had forged his credentials.
Doctor 'got drunk and set fire to own flat'
A Munich doctor is on trial for causing €80,000 worth of damage after setting fire to his own apartment.
Fake plastic surgeon sentenced to 4 years
A man who performed cosmetic surgery on more than 50 different patients using fake medical certificates was sentenced to four years and three months in prison on Monday.
Doctor on trial after woman wakes in morgue
A doctor from North Rhine-Westphalia will face charges for negligence and bodily harm, authorities said on Tuesday – after accidentally sending a living woman to the morgue.
Doctor acquitted in organ donation scandal
A court in Göttingen acquitted a doctor on Wednesday of charges of attempted manslaughter after he had manipulated patients' data to push them up the organ transplant list.
Doctors say you should write your own sick note
Researchers at the University of Magdeburg argue that workers should be able to excuse themselves from work for short periods to reduce the burden on family doctors.
Fake doctor jailed for treating sick children
A fraudster posing as a doctor treated children with life-threatening conditions in a hospice he set up in central Germany. He was jailed on Wednesday for just under three years.
Sex crime doctor now working in Germany
A German doctor convicted of sexually abusing four female patients while working in Norway is now working full-time as a doctor in Germany, Norway's Dagbladet newspaper has reported.
Secret camera doctor 'should skip jail'
Lawyers acting for a German doctor who was jailed for three-and-a-half years after he took 35,000 intimate photos of patients on a secret camera are calling for his sentenced to be revised.
British woman dead after German doctor botches operation
An elderly British woman died after a German surgeon working as a locum botched an operation on her hip, severing an artery, British media reported on Wednesday.