A driver discovered 15 people in the refrigerated container of his lorry this morning (Tues), authorities in Tyrol have said.The man, 46, called the police after hearing knocking sounds coming from the back of the vehicle.Fifteen people were freed from the subzero temperature container at a petrol station car park in Brixlegg and rushed to […]
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Mubarak may be on his way to Vienna
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Toppled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is seeking treatment at an Austrian hospital, according to the Arabian press.Several newspapers report today (Thurs) that the politician who stepped down as president of Egypt last week is considering making a visit to see doctors at the Rudolfinerhaus Clinic in Vienna-Döbling.Speculations over the 82-year-olds health condition have […]
A doctor is suspected of having taken pictures of female patients private parts, according to a Viennese newspaper.Free daily paper Heute reported today (Fri) that the physician is accused in a letter to health authorities of having photographed womens genitals. It is also claimed that the man molested female staff at the Wilhelminen Hospital in […]
H1N1 death toll rises
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A five-year-old girl has become the third swine flu victim in Austria this winter.The mentally and physically disabled child passed away in Salzburgs Provincial Hospital yesterday (Sun) after having suffered from pneumonia for some time, local authorities confirmed today. The girl was hospitalised after her condition worsened last Wednesday.A 32-year-old male German holidaymaker died of […]
An elderly Austrian drove 40 kilometres (km) to the nearest hospital after being stabbed outside a casino in the Czech Republic, it has emerged.The 63-year-old businessman from Vienna said today (Thurs) he was attacked by a masked man as he was cleaning snow and ice off his car at the car park of a casino […]
Wrong leg amputation docs sentenced
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A doctor who faced several years in jail for mistakenly removing a womans healthy leg got away with just a fine yesterday (Mon).Suspended surgeon Raimund V., 61, was sentenced to pay a fine of 10,000 Euros and 5,000 Euros to the victim, a 91-year-old pensioner. His colleague Klaus B., 40, was fined 7,200 Euros for […]
First quadruplet leaves clinic
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One of a set of female quadruplets born at an Upper Austrian hospital has been discharged, doctors said today (Tues).Martin Wald of the Klinikum Wels announced the girl, who now weighs 3.1 kilograms, was allowed to join her mother at home last week. The woman, who underwent hormone treatment to become pregnant, gave birth to […]
Cut off testicles sewn back on
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Surgeons at a Carinthian clinic managed to sew a mans testicles back on yesterday (Sun).Doctors working at the Klinikum Klagenfurt said today they expected the 49-year-old to make a full recovery following the six-hour operation. They stressed that such surgery carries very high risks and is therefore rarely carried out.The Carinthian man sliced off his […]
A worker steering a dumper truck was injured when he fell down a 40-metre embankment today (Weds).The 43-year-old was transporting gravel destined for a nearby construction site when the forest road he was driving along near Imsterberg, Tyrol, suddenly gave in under the weight.The man, who sustained head and internal injuries, was transferred to hospital […]
A Carinthian woman has given birth to monovular triplets, it has emerged.Doctors at the Klinikum Klagenfurt hospital said today (Weds) the overjoyed mum and her girls were doing fine after last Fridays birth. They stressed that the chances of give birth to single egg triplets was one in 200 million.A spokesman for the clinic said […]