Workplace as a sauna

Call for help from clinic: “We’re working in tropical heat”

There are only a few departments with air conditioning at Donaustadt Hospital - staff and patients are suffering.

(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Peter Tomschi, zVg)

The heat is getting to the city. In many offices, the air conditioning systems are therefore running at full speed. Not in large parts of the Donaustadt clinic. Staff speak of sauna-like conditions. Patients also call for help and describe the conditions to the "Krone".  

While some people philosophize about heat-free days, the staff at Donaustadt Hospital can only laugh about it - if they haven't already. Because once again the "Krone" receives a call for help from a Viennese clinic. This time it's not about closed wards, overworked employees or too few staff. It's about protecting staff and patients. It's about the fight for human lives in sauna-like conditions.