Desperate act
Murder alert: Woman shot dead in Vienna clinic
Murder drama at the Vienna-Favoriten clinic: A woman was shot dead by her partner on the neurology ward in front of the patients at around 2 p.m. on Thursday. After the crime, the man shot himself and died a short time later. The police operation is currently underway.
According to "Krone" information, the shots were fired at around 2 pm on the neurology ward of the former Kaiser-Franz-Josef Hospital.
The man shot his wife. He then allegedly turned the gun on himself and shot himself. He died a short time later.
Probable act of desperation
The operation is currently in full swing and the crisis intervention team is already on site. Initial details suggest that it was an act of desperation - the woman is said to have been seriously ill. The incident happened in the middle of the ward and other people were present.
"We have open hospitals"
"We have open hospitals," emphasized Markus Pederiva, spokesman for the Vienna Health Association. Patients and visitors can move around freely, "without bag checks and the like at the entrance, and that is deliberate," he emphasized.
In the current tragic case, a man had a plan and put it into action. I don't see how something like this could be prevented.
Markus Pederiva, Sprecher des Wiener Gesundheitsverbundes (WiGeV)
With more than three million patient contacts per year, security measures such as those at airports are "not realistic" to implement. In the current tragic case, "one man had a plan and implemented it. I don't see how something like this could be prevented," said the spokesperson.
Memories of 2019
The Favoriten Clinic was already the scene of a crime in 2019, when a patient stabbed a doctor in the cardiac outpatient clinic. The 33-year-old, who had been waiting for the 64-year-old senior physician in the fully occupied outpatient clinic, initially inflicted life-threatening injuries. The attack, which was apparently triggered by delusions and which the cardiologist fortunately survived, led to a discussion about tightening safety precautions in hospitals.
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