Accusations against clinic

Violence in the operating room: “Just wanted an apology”

Karin B. was unwell for months after the operation. The victim wants to make her case visible in order to raise awareness.(Bild: Roland W. Waniek)

A Styrian woman makes serious accusations against a private clinic in Graz, with psychological violence at the center of the criticism. The victim wants to make her case visible in order to raise awareness. The question of guilt remains open. 

Karin B. (name changed by the editors) was severely sexually abused in her childhood. The Styrian still suffers from the consequences to this day. She therefore underwent intensive psychotherapy to prepare for a gallbladder removal, which she had been advised to have nine years ago. "A procedure like this requires the so-called lithotomy position, similar to that of a gynecologist's chair. A nightmare, especially for me," says the woman from Graz.