Waiting times for operations in Upper Austria blast all boundaries!
Waiting times for operations in Upper Austria blast all boundaries!
Linz, Österreich - In Upper Austria, patients who need surgery must expect enormous waiting times. A current analysis of the Chamber of Labor shows alarming numbers: In the Kepler University Hospital Linz, the waiting time for a varicose vein surgery is up to 90 weeks, while patients who need hip surgery have to wait up to 60 weeks in the Ordensklinikum Linz. The situation is even more concerned with knee prostheses where waiting times of 73 weeks were measured. Even children who are waiting for an almond surgery are affected and have to be patient at the Wels-Grieskirchen Clinic, such as reported.
urgent need for action required
"The waiting times have increased again this year, which has a significant impact on the health of employees: inside," said AK President Stangl. He pointed out the need to reduce the waiting times in the Upper Austrian hospitals urgently, since they have increased in almost all hospitals and for numerous operations compared to the previous year. Stangl also called for better personnel structures and post plans to avoid the closure of operating theaters.
Another critical point is the massive difference between waiting times between patients with and without private supplementary insurance. For example, patients in the Pyhrn ironworm clinic who are insured have a waiting time of only 15 weeks for a hip prosthesis, while patients without additional insurance have to wait up to 28 weeks. This discrepancy illustrates how important private protection has become in today's world to obtain faster medical treatments, which Ordensklinikum.at also confirmed.
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