Waiting four hours for emergency surgery: Salzburg resident dead
Our hospitals are being cut to the bone, as the next case shows.
A 79-year-old man from Salzburg waited for hours for an emergency operation after an aortic tear due to a lack of hospital staff.
He died four hours later in Linz, just outside the operating theater.
The relatives' lawyer criticizes and calls for a "system change".
A similar case had already occurred this year at the Salzburg State Hospitals (SALK) - with fatal consequences.
On March 27, a man from Salzburg felt chest pain and called an ambulance at 3:30 pm.
It quickly became clear that it was an aortic tear, requiring immediate operation - a race against time.
A "system change" is needed.
Author summary: A 79-year-old Salzburg resident died waiting for emergency surgery.