Cleaning robot Franzi makes sure
floors are spotless at the Munich hospital where she works, and has taken on a
new role during the pandemic: cheering up patients and staff.
Germany registered a record number
of deaths from Covid-19 on Wednesday, the first day of a new partial lockdown
to try and curb a surge in infections.
No matter if a viable vaccine is coming on the market soon or not, Germany's Aachen hospital already knows there will still be a marathon to run when it comes to treating patients worst hit by the coronavirus.
German authorities probing a cyber attack on a hospital's IT system that led to a fatal delay in treatment for a critically
ill woman believe the software used can be traced back to Russian hackers.
German prosecutors said Friday they were launching an investigation into involuntary manslaughter after a patient died in the aftermath of a hacking attack on a hospital.
German state and federal governments announced steps Wednesday to boost medical capacity as the country battles a mounting coronavirus outbreak, planning to double intensive respiratory care and commandeer new spaces for treatment.
Germany's Economy Minister Peter Altmaier was treated in hospital Tuesday after falling from the stage at a public event, a spokeswoman said, adding that he was "doing well given the circumstances".
An activist with Russian protest punk band Pussy Riot said on Wednesday he was "convinced" he was poisoned by Russia's secret service, possibly for looking into the killing of three Russian reporters in Africa.
Almost fifty rescue workers were called to a pupils' track and field event in Hamburg on Tuesday due to complaints of the heat. It was the hottest day of the year in the Hanseatic city, with the mercury hitting 33.7C.
When all attempts to remove a woman’s fingers from a hand blender had failed during surgery, the doctors in a south German hospital called in the fire brigade.
He probably didn't want to last THAT long: after four days of wearing 13 metal rings on his penis, a man took help from the Munich fire department to be freed from his misery.
Mystery and tragedy went hand-in-hand in Flensburg, northern Germany on Monday evening, when passersby noticed a woman sitting on a bench suddenly burst into flames.
Prosecutors are investigating the university hospital in Heidelberg over claims that doctors there broke rules to get their patients faster heart transplants.
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.
