This is not planned at the Vienna Lorenz Böhler Hospital

The Lorenz Böhler Hospital is currently being renovated and supplemented with a modular section. The AUVA has now also finalized how the future medical focus will look there. The concept envisions a concentration on acute care, day clinic, and elective - that is, planned - procedures. A shock room or polytrauma care for severely injured patients is not planned at the location, the AUVA announced on Friday.

Progress on Modular Section

According to the operator, the construction of the modular building at the Brigittenau location is progressing as planned. The new building is expected to be operational by mid-2026. The hospital made headlines last year because a rapid relocation was necessary due to fire safety deficiencies. Only an outpatient clinic or day clinic remained at the Brigittenau location of the Vienna Trauma Center (TZW) - as it is officially called.

Services were outsourced to other facilities, such as the second location of the AUVA Trauma Center in Meidling. There, they plan to focus on the care of severely injured patients with a correspondingly equipped shock room. This focus is not new. Even recently, the former UKH Meidling was leading in this area. At the Lorenz Böhler Hospital, the shock room had only been operational on certain days for years.

Acute Intervention Room

The focus is based on the care planning coordinated with the City of Vienna and the Vienna Health Association and corresponds to the already practiced approach, it was noted today. However, this does not mean that no emergencies will be treated in Brigittenau, as emphasized. An acute intervention room with direct CT connection will be available there.

Thus, it is always ensured that rescue patients can also be treated at the location, it was assured. In total, three operating rooms, 56 regular ward beds, four intensive care beds, and six day clinic places are planned at the Brigittenau location.

(APA/Red)

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