Währing gets new health insurance practice: Christian Gatterer helps immediately!

Währing gets new health insurance practice: Christian Gatterer helps immediately!

On July 1, Christian Gatterer, an experienced lung specialist, opens his new health insurance doctor for general medicine at Wallrißstraße 2 in Währing. This decision comes at exactly the right time, because the citizens of the district often have difficulty getting short -term appointments for general practitioners or specialists with a cash contract. According to [meinzirk.at] (https://www.meinbezirk.at/waehring/c-gesundheit/christian-gatterer-eroeffnet-Kassenpraxis-Fuer-Allgemmedizin- Allgemmedizin_A7385561) there are currently only 22 active cash offices for general medicine, but two other places are currently being awarded, but are currently not active.

The new practice will be open from Monday to Friday and the Währingen patients can look forward to various examinations, including annual health check-ups. The opening times are from Monday and Wednesday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Dates can be booked easily by phone or online via a ticket system.

a step to improve care

Christian Gatterer opened the practice to counteract the undersupply in the district. "I managed ten negotiation rounds with the health fund in a period of six months to enable this," explains Gatterer. According to the experts, the lack of health insurance doctors is attributed to high investment costs and tariff challenges. "It is clear that we need both health insurance doctors and election doctors to ensure medical care in the district," emphasizes Gatterer and supports the petition launched by the SPÖ Währing for more health insurance doctors. This is done in accordance with the demands of the Medical Association for more cash plans, fewer bureaucratic hurdles and fair framework conditions for the doctors.

In Austria, every person regardless of age, income or place of residence has the right to medical treatment, a principle that was set by the Austrian Health Insurance Fund (ÖGK). There are currently 3,988 general practitioners across Austria, of which 97.6 percent are occupied. The average pension of the general practitioners is 64.2 years, which means that every decade is retired half of the doctors. An increased focus on ensuring cash offices is therefore urgently necessary.

The future of general medicine

The specialist knows that general practitioners treat an average of 4,818 cases per year and make around 576 home visits every year. The most common diagnoses are high blood pressure, fat metabolism disorders, as well as complaints on the musculoskeletal system and respiratory diseases. This shows how great the need for effective medical care in the region is.

The SPÖ Währing is currently talking about the awarding of new cash register and is optimistic that the commitment of new practices, such as that of Gatterer, can significantly improve medical care in the district.