Corresponding to Burgenländer: Recruit in a coma after suspicion of meningitis!

Corresponding to Burgenländer: Recruit in a coma after suspicion of meningitis!

worrying messages reach us from Vienna: A 21-year-old recruit from Burgenland is in a coma and is treated strongly in the clinic. The Federal Army has confirmed that the young soldier has been completing his basic military service at the Guard since January 7. On Monday evening he reported with a high fever in the hospital area of the Vienna Maria-Theresien-Kaserne, where his alarming state was immediately recognized, so krone.at . The first transfer to the Eastern medical center in Vienna-Stammersdorf took place at 6:55 p.m.

The supply of his critical state of health deteriorated quickly and required emergency medical measures, which led to his relocation to the Floridsdorf and ultimately Landstrasse clinics. According to OE24.at there is a suspicion of a bacterial meningococcal infection that led to a life threatening brain inflammation has. It is worrying that the soldier apparently infected himself during his leisure time at the weekend in Burgenland and did not claim certain vaccinations, including against meningococci.

There is no current risk of infection