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Pig kidney: first patient with transplant died
Great sadness in the US: after high expectations, the first patient to have a pig kidney inserted died unexpectedly.Rick Slayman was the first person...
Dire need – “Donor kidney gave me back my zest for life”
Kidney transplants have been performed at the Elisabethinen Sisters of Mercy Hospital in Linz for 50 years. Approximately 60 operations are performed annually....
Radiologist warns – Too few MRI machines in the country: situation is tense
As early as 2017, a lack of equipment led to long waiting times for MRI and CT examinations. The situation is currently tense...
New heart surgery technology – patient thinks about mushroom hunting again
Johannes Schmidauer is the first patient in Salzburg to have a hard-to-reach heart valve cut through keyhole surgery. He's thinking about going mushroom...
Medical miracle – Viennese doctors save man after aortic rupture
He was doomed to die after an aortic rupture! But at the very last moment, AKH top doctors were able to save their...
