Head of neonatalogy

Drama on vacation: Graz doctor suffocated in his apartment

Berndt Urlesberger was head of neonatology at the LKH University Hospital in Graz for twelve years and only retired last year.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Maximilian Kurz Goldenstein, Christian Jauschowetz)

The former head of neonatology at Graz University Hospital, Berndt Urlesberger, was celebrating New Year's Eve with his wife and friends in Trieste when gas escaped from a neighboring apartment. He died of carbon monoxide poisoning, his wife is in hospital. 

A group of friends wanted to enjoy a cozy New Year's Eve, the port city of Trieste beckoned with mild temperatures. But for a family from Graz - according to the Italian newspaper "Il Piccolo", they were the well-known doctor Berndt Urlesberger and his wife - their New Year's Eve vacation in Italy ended tragically.