Caregiver found him
Dementia patient fell four meters from balcony at night
A 78-year-old man from Saalbach (Sbg.) fell over a balcony railing onto the terrace below on Thursday morning in Gmunden. His carer found the seriously injured man with dementia at around 4.30 am.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen The 60-year-old carer of the man with dementia had noticed at around 4.30 a.m. that he was no longer in his bed. From the balcony, the woman saw that the 78-year-old was lying around four and a half meters below and alerted the emergency services.
Rescue workers needed a stepladder
Access to the terrace of the apartment building in Gmunden was blocked, so the rescue team used a stepladder to reach the injured man. The man was seriously injured and taken to the Salzkammergut Clinic in Gmunden.
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