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Andreas Philippi

Andreas Philippi

German surgeon and politician

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    Bundestag is due to vote on Germany's emergency care reform on Thursday, 15 October

    The bill would route callers with non-urgent complaints to the 116117 on-call service and send patients to integrated emergency centres at hospitals. Doctors and hospital groups doubt it will ease crowded emergency rooms.

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