Some German hospitals face an increasing risk of bankruptcy and closure due to the country’s burgeoning energy costs, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach has warned. “If we don’t react quickly and really drastically, there will be closures,” Lauterbach told state broadcaster ARD on Sunday. Lauterbach told the ARD’s Bericht aus Berlin TV programme he will hold talks about more federal assistance for hospitals with Finance Minister Christian Lindner on Tuesday. He said he could not disclose any figures under discussion until then. Earlier this week, the German Hospital Federation called for official…