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.

    • groet@feddit.orgEnglish
      222·
      4 months ago

      If somemebody drills a hole into my skull I dont give a shit about their insurance.

      Insurance protects them not me. This is absolutely about the doctor putting the patient into a huge unnecessary risk without the patients consent.

      • Cataphract@lemmy.mlEnglish
        21·
        4 months ago

        lol your mistype makes it look like you’re trying to set a legal precedence to collect insurance by claiming it was yourself drilling the hole in your head.

      • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
        32·
        4 months ago

        Let’s say something actually went wrong with the operation. Obviously you can sue the hospital, and you’d certainly win that. When you go to sue the doctor for being a fuckwad, his insurance isn’t going to cover it. And while I’m sure he’s got some money, he can hide it dick around about it just owe you a lot of money.

        No, there’s a good reason they require doctors to have insurance.

        • groet@feddit.orgEnglish
          51·
          4 months ago

          Yes but “the biggest problem” is most certainly not the lack of insurance for the daughter. Its a untrained child playing with the live of a patient.