The Styrian FPÖ sees the measure in Salzburg as “further evidence that the previous hospital centralization plans are finally being abandoned”. They called on Governor Christopher Drexler (ÖVP) to question the Salzburg approach as soon as possible and to contact the other neighboring federal states. The Salzburg measure is a “worrying development”, after all, some places in Styria are much closer to Tamsweg than to the nearest hospital in their own state. According to the FPÖ, performance reductions and centralization in the Styrian hospital sector are a mistake. If the Tamsweger Hospital’s approach were to find imitators in Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Burgenland and Carinthia, then Styria would face a health crisis of unimagined proportions.
