At the end of 2027, beginning of 2028, the new main hospital in Liezen is to start operations and replace the hospitals in Rottenmann, Bad Aussee and Schladming. However, basic services should continue to be offered in all three houses.
The details for the new main hospital in Stainach-Pürgg were presented on Monday. It is to consist of three low structures with a wooden façade that blend into the landscape and offer space for large outpatient areas and wards with a total of 240 beds. More on that in Leitspital Liezen is taking shape
outpatient clinics and health centers
In the future, all capacities are to be bundled in the central hospital in Stainach-Pürgg. Interventions and operations are being carried out more often and the quality of treatment is improving, says Michael Koren, Managing Director of the Styrian Health Fund. There will also be different offers in the previous hospital locations in the future.
In the Schladming deaconess hospital, for example, dislocated outpatient clinics are being set up, i.e. outsourced from the main hospital, says Koren: “In Schladming it is clear that there will be orthopedic care, there will be an internal medicine outpatient clinic, a gynecologist is already there, which means the wide range of healthcare options for the population but also tourists will continue to exist here, in the ambulance service,” said Koren. A dialysis unit is also planned, as is a radiological service.
According to Koren, a health center with an expansion by a specialist is planned in Bad Aussee: “Here we will work with the community and the population to see what is needed, what care is necessary. In Rottenmann, too, further offers are planned from the hospital, so there are outpatient clinics in the field of traumatology also in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology.
Negotiations about opening hours
Many details are still open. It is clear, however, that these are outpatient clinics with specific opening hours. Robert Schütz, Managing Director of the Diakonissen-Klinik Schladming, which will operate the main hospital together with KAGes, said that the specific operating times for acute care still have to be negotiated in detail: “It may be 24 hours, so you have to look at that how well the care in the main hospital works, but I estimate at least 18 hours, seven days a week.” Outside the opening times, emergency doctors and ward round doctors would be available and the new main hospital should also be accessible from anywhere in the district in 30 minutes, stressed Michael Koren be.