The situation is reaching a climax – birds’ nests instead of a crisis plan for the hospitals

Doctors and nurses are going back and forth missing and the situation in the clinics is frightening – we have reported on it several times. Given the dramatic situation, one would think that Health Minister Johannes Rauch would devote every minute of his working time to the health crisis.

But the Green from Vorarlberg provides bird nests. That’s no joke. Rauch and the actress Lilian Klebow put into use a device (a so-called call dummy) in Vienna’s Burggasse on Thursday that attracts swifts. The birdie must be lured to the house by special sounds, for which nesting places are made. A species conservation project.

Admittedly, the Apus Apus is a rare species and Rauch likes to support animals, although it is not he but the Minister of Agriculture who is responsible for animal welfare. But now the Viennese hospital patient also belongs to a critically endangered species.

A few examples:
Half of the doctors in the Favoriten Clinic’s anesthesiology department are missing. As a result, significantly fewer operations can be performed. In the Ottakring Kliniek, the central emergency department is about to collapse. Many hospital beds are closed because there are not enough nurses.

The clinic in Donaustadt has to “downsize” wards. Again the reason: lack of staff. In the AKH, patients had to spend the night on the floor. In the clinic in Floridsdorf, the children’s and baby department is tight. The list can go on.

No doubt about it: Animal welfare is very important. But, Minister of Health, isn’t saving human life one of your most pressing tasks? State health officials urgently await reform proposals.