Hip and Knee Surgery: New Platform Promises Faster Appointment Booking
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Via a website or the hotline 1450, there is a cross-platform appointment – the offer only applies to Viennese people
40,000 artificial hip and knee joints are used in Austria every year. Vienna is waiting for up to 39 weeks.
Up to 4000 operations are to be initiated each year in this way. However, the surgery appointment itself is not selected directly via a platform. An ambulance visit or a personal consultation is initially agreed. A main residence in Vienna is a prerequisite.
If you need an artificial hip or knee joint in Vienna, you can now register on a new online platform. After a test phase, the platform now goes into regular operation. It promises easier and faster access to the operating theatres.
If you need an appointment in Vienna for the use of an artificial hip or knee joint, you can now apply for it via a new registration platform. This is possible for interventions carried out in the health association (WIGEV) as well as in the Vinzenz clinics. Registration is possible online at https://op-termin.wien/ or via the health phone 1450.
ÖVP Vienna calls for disclosure of the actual waiting times for hips and knees The OP platform for hip and knee joint replacement presented today remains the proof of her central promise for municipal councillor Ingrid Korosec, health spokesperson of the Vienna People's Party. According to the publication of SPÖ-Stadtrat Hacker, she only leads up to the initial interview, the surgery appointment continues to determine the respective clinic. "Whe…
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