Pressure on the government

Rescue services in need: the biggest construction sites

The many voluntary and full-time emergency services give their best every day. However, the organization behind them urgently needs to be reformed.

(Bild: Österreichisches Rotes Kreuz (ÖRK) / WRK / Markus Hechenberger)

Not only the Styrian State Court of Audit, but also Styrian Health Minister Karlheinz Kornhäusl (ÖVP) has identified a "definite need for improvement" in patient transport, as he recently emphasized in an interview with "Krone" . And not only there! What tasks now await the new government.

The FPÖ, KPÖ and Neos all agreed in 2023 that the Styrian ambulance service had mutated into a chronically ill system. When the Samaritans were forced to close down in the same year, the opposition members (all of whom were still in opposition at the time) snapped - they jointly initiated an audit of the rescue services by the Styrian Court of Audit.