Odyssey for diabetics

Only received medication at the 26th pharmacy

An Upper Austrian had to travel a long way to get his urgently needed medicine.(Bild: Scharinger Daniel)

Herbert S. from Aschach an der Steyr (Upper Austria) is furious. The diabetic wanted to fill a prescription for his urgently needed medication. What happened next was like running the gauntlet and cost the patient a lot of time and energy. "A scandal!" says the pensioner.

"A scandal!" - Herbert S. from Aschach an der Steyr is furious. The 69-year-old has suffered from type II diabetes for ten years and has been on the medication Victoza since 2020. "I get on really well with it, it works perfectly," says S.