Emergency care is guaranteed, but there will be significant restrictions on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Emergencies are attended to: two-day warning strike at the MHH will lead to considerable restrictions in hospital operations. Copyright: Karin Kaiser/MHH
Hannover Medical School (MHH) will be affected by a warning strike next week on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, and Wednesday, January 28, 2026, as part of the current wage disputes in the public sector. The strike action has been called by the trade union Verdi.
MHH has concluded an emergency service agreement with Verdi. This stipulates that all emergency patients will receive adequate care. However, there will still be significant restrictions in everyday hospital life. This applies in particular to planned operations, planned inpatient admissions and outpatient treatments. The outpatient clinics for children and adolescents as well as oncology and other special outpatient clinics for adults will remain open.
In concrete terms, the restrictions mean that patients who have a surgery appointment, an inpatient admission appointment or an outpatient appointment that can be rescheduled on these two days will be informed personally of any postponement. Patients whose treatment appointments are not changed can and should keep them. However, they must expect waiting times and possibly further postponements.
Text: Simone Corpus