Local doctors are sounding the alarm. Due to a lack of personnel, important operations have to be postponed time and time again. You can wait up to a year for a new knee joint. But the Viennese are still well served. Meanwhile, the “Krone” received new calls for help from the emergency room of a Viennese hospital. These paint a sad picture.
Just last week, two top local doctors warned: “Necessary operations are currently being postponed in Austria. This actually causes damage to the health of patients.” But the staff shortage also has major consequences for the so-called plannable operations outside trauma surgery. Norbert S. reports: “I need a new knee. Now I have an appointment in the summer, apparently many people want to go on vacation, and therefore something is free. When it’s really my turn in the summer, I’ve had to wait 16 months.”
Source: Krone
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