Urgent call to politics: saves trauma surgery!

Urgent call to politics: saves trauma surgery!

in LKH Hochsteiermark in Bruck an der Mur, the need for structural reforms in healthcare was discussed. Doctors and nursing representatives asked politicians to initiate these measures immediately. During a press conference, two options for future trauma surgery were presented. The preferred variant provides for the establishment of a regional trauma center at the Leoben location, supplemented by trauma outpatient clinics in Bruck and Judenburg available around the clock. This solution, which is oriented according to the wishes of the medical world, is intended to significantly improve the quality of care, as meinzirk.at reported.

The second variant, which comes into force from January 13, 2025, only provides for limited care within the framework of an order outpatient clinic, which is due to the acute lack of personnel. Six specialists are missing in the Ortho trauma department alone, in total there are no between ten and fifteen specialists in the Murztal. The chairman of the coordination committee for security of supply, Erich Schaflinger, expressed in this regard: "In order to implement variant one, we need more staff. To acquire this, structural adaptations are urgently necessary."

urgent structural reform as an opportunity

The intended structural reform is considered a big challenge, but also as an opportunity for better networking and focus formation at the various Kages locations. This includes the establishment of a Tage Seirurgical Center in Bruck, which use the surgical departments from Leoben, and the strengthening of the Mürzzuschlag location as a center of old -age medicine. These reforms are already in implementation, as Kages.at describes.

Under the direction of Kages CEO Gerhard Stark, the innovative strength of employees is emphasized as the key to high-quality medical care. The planned changes are intended to help keep surgical care at the latest medicine and to intensify existing collaborations between different clinics and departments. A joint commitment of the medical directors and nursing management is necessary to successfully implement the structural reforms.