Ex-skier Grugger

Former ski racer Grugger as prominent guest of honor

Hans Grugger with his doctor at the time, Elke Pucks-Faes.(Bild: Birbaumer Johanna)

Hochzirl in Tyrol, the special hospital for internal medicine and acute neurological aftercare, celebrated its 100th anniversary on Tuesday. And with a special guest of honor: former ski racer Hans Grugger, who was a patient there for weeks after his horror crash in 2011. His stories get under your skin.  

To mark this anniversary, a ceremony was held on Tuesday afternoon in Hochzirl, one of the locations of the Hochzirl-Natters regional hospital. In addition to the Department of Internal Medicine, it is also known for its neurology department.