New volunteer project: Voluntary strengths patients in Lower Austria clinics

New volunteer project: Voluntary strengths patients in Lower Austria clinics

In today's press conference in St. Pölten, a new volunteer project for the clinics in Lower Austria was presented. The project, which is supported by several important actors in the healthcare industry, aims to integrate volunteers into the clinics in order to support patients and their relatives and to relieve the medical staff.

State Councilor Ludwig Schleritzko, who headed the event, emphasized the immense importance of volunteering in Lower Austria, where around 800,000 people are active. The initiative, which is to be implemented from January 2025, will start in the University Clinics Tulln and St. Pölten as well as in the Hollabrunn State Clinic. The role of the volunteers will be to act as a contact in the clinics, to convey the patient understanding of medical processes and to help them with leisure activities.

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The applicants plan to start their own website to win interested volunteers who would like to work in the clinics. The State Council emphasized that the volunteers can play a key role in improving the patient's hospital stay. With their help, emotional and practical support can be provided, which can benefit not only the patient but also their relatives.

Alfred Zens, board member of the Lower Austrian State Health Agency, added to the project. He explained that the voluntary talks with the patients, accompany them to investigations and make their stay more pleasant. The contact with the volunteers could also benefit the relatives who want to find support in difficult times.

The integration of volunteers is particularly valued in the children's and youth area. Sabine Wagner-Simhandl, a specialist in the field of pediatric and adolescent medicine, emphasizes that the volunteers could work creatively, for example by painting, pottery or reading aloud. This could help the little patients alleviate their fears, while their parents may not be present.

An important message of the project is the invitation to everyone who wants to make a contribution to the community. Martin Lammerhuber, Managing Director of Kultur. Region. "Everything you need are time and the desire to help others," he said.

Overall, the volunteer project is a promising step towards a friendly and supportive environment for patients in the Lower Austrian clinics. It remains to be seen how successful the upcoming efforts to obtain new volunteers will be more to achieve the goal of improving the life of the patients and their relatives. More information about the initiative will soon be provided on a new platform that will provide information about these important developments. For more details and to register for volunteering, can visit the website .