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According to the German Hospital Federation, the number of ICU beds in Germany has since increased by 12,000 to about 40,000. Doubling the original number is the goal. This would mean having a total of 56,000 ICU beds. The federation’s head Gerald Gass told the “Rheinische Post” daily, out of the 40,000 intensive care beds available right now, about 15,000 to 20,000 were vacant at this stage.
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