A palliative patient is bitterly abandoned by the city of Vienna. Despite the biggest pain and helplessness, the seriously ill retired retirement must take care of the place of residence of her two cats in her last days of life. The veterinary office recommends that you are looking for a new place on the internet.
Erika S. (name changed) has long been health, but the 68-year-old Viennese did not want to admit it. Only when the pain could not be endured, did she go to the hospital.
Since the shock diagnosis of the doctors: cancer in the last phases and an extremely short prediction of life expectancy. She left the clinic in a completely firm man, because her thoughts also applied to her two 13-year-old cats, who waited for her at home.
Help from the neighborhood
When the woman inquired about the woman, they discovered that she could barely walk and not take care of herself or her beloved animals. So danger in standard! “There was a suitable solution for Mrs. S., because she could no longer go back to her apartment. The elderly Tiger room was difficult, but it was difficult,” said a friend of the “Krone” Animal Corner.
The “office for immediate measures” advised her to contact the veterinary office (Mon 60). Because according to the law this should become active in the case of “left -wing animals”. But instead of quick help, the MA60 came up with the sobering communication: striving for a place for the animals – for example via sales platform or social media.
According to the magistrate, a levy for the city’s own animal district is not possible, which would only happen if the woman dies or the animals are not influenced by acute emergency situation. Why this situation is not classified under “acute emergency” is unknown.
No exception in sensitive situations
At the request of the “Krone”, the authority makes it clear: “As a rule, people do not become palliative patients within a day. That is why a facility and a timely decision in the sense of animal welfare are all the more important,” said the press spokeswoman.
Of course – a timely delivery would have been logical and is the duty of a responsible owner of Dieren. But how realistic is this for a sick, lonely woman without family members whose animals have become a life and who has moved her cancer?
“If you no longer have a family, you must be able to trust the city at least when life comes to an end,” says Tierecke boss Maggie Duckfellner is amazed by the hardships. “This is not just about animals, but also about human dignity.”
The two cats have now been picked up from the apartment and brought to Vösendorf to “Animal Welfare Austria”. Not thanks to the authority, but by dedicated helpers who are close to the residence of the animals. It is not yet clear whether the two cats can be transferred to a grace.
Source: Krone
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