After unsightly scenes

The deceased are now worth much more to GPs

The new Mortuary Act has led to a very stressful situation for the bereaved in Upper Austria. This is because many deceased people have been left at home in recent months because no doctor came to examine them for a long time. Although the law is not being changed, financial incentives mean that a doctor is now more likely to come.

A dead man (67) who has to lie on the couch at Wels for 18 hours. A family man who died during the night and could not be transported away quickly. Surviving relatives who had to see to it that the body was taken away after a suicide ...