Misunderstanding over

Critically ill Matheo finally receives the best possible care

Eight-year-old Matheo - shown here before his serious illness with the family dogs "Coci" and "Mira" - should have had a pulse oximeter (right) taken away and replaced with an old device. Now he has state-of-the-art medical equipment, which saves his parents one more worry.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Klaus Schindler, zVg)

After great incomprehension on the part of the parents of a seriously ill eight-year-old, the parents vented their anger in a "Krone" report and recounted their son's case. The "Krone" report apparently brought to light a major misunderstanding between ÖGK and the medical device company, which now seems to have been resolved.

Mathias and Michelle Stangl, the parents of eight-year-old Matheo from Schrems, who suffers from an extremely rare, degenerative disease called Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome, can breathe a sigh of relief. The couple had contacted the "Krone" because there had been repeated disagreements since the little patient returned home from Vienna's SMZ-Ost almost a year ago - now the ÖGK had also no longer approved an important medical device for the boy's care and had only purchased an old model.