The alleged victim is said to have first read about the case in the media - only to be told a few months later by police that it was him the teenage girl was said to have helped operate on.

An Austrian surgeon allegedly let his teenage daughter drill a hole in a patient’s skull.

Following a forestry accident in January, a 33-year-old man was flown by air ambulance to Graz University Hospital, Styria, southeastern Austria, with serious head injuries, according to Kronen Zeitung, an Austrian newspaper.

He needed emergency surgery, but the doctor allegedly let his 13-year-old daughter take part in operating on him.

The newspaper reported that she even drilled a hole in the patient’s skull.

While the operation was said to have gone off without issue, the patient is still unable to work and investigations by the Graz public prosecutor’s officer against the entire surgical team are continuing.

It wasn’t until April that an anonymous complaint was logged to the public prosecutor’s office about the allegations, the newspaper reported.

The alleged victim initially learned about the case in the media before later being told by authorities he was a witness in an investigation.

  • Technus@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Jfc, having the girl in the room at all is a liability, let alone letting her touch the patient.

    I hope this guy’s malpractice lawyer has good heart meds.

    • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      3 months ago

      In the US (the most sue happy place on earth) the guy probably wouldn’t get a payout.

      At least from reading the article, it infers the surgery and everything done went off without any issues. In the US, if you want to sue and win, you have to show that damages were done to you.

      So while it was wildly inappropriate to have a 13 year old there or touching a patient at all, the patient would need to show that it caused damages.