Opening in Villach

Health centers to relieve hospitals

Kabeg is awarded the contract to operate the first health center in Villach. In Wolfsberg, Völkermarkt and Spittal an der Drau, the aim is to follow suit as quickly as possible. 

Carinthia has long been working on a comprehensive primary care network. While the first health center in Klagenfurt is already in operation, the plans for Villach are becoming more and more concrete and the first health center in the Drau city is now about to open.

"Kabeg has been awarded the contract to operate the center in Villach after the first-ranked team from the Medical Association declined," explains SP Health Minister Beate Prettner. An operator is also to be found for the primary care centers in Wolfsberg, Völkermarkt and Spittal. The tendering process starts tomorrow, Monday. This expansion is intended to relieve Carinthia's hospitals.

Open at least 45 hours a week
"Especially the outpatient sector," says Health Minister and doctor Prettner. There are also plans for the centers to be open at least 45 hours a week. "This will not only benefit patients, but also doctors and hospitals." The new primary care centers will be financed by the Austrian social insurance institutions, the state and the Carinthian Health Fund.