Big bang in Tyrol

Head of clinic dismissed: now he’s going to court

A picture from better days: Andreas Kolk (center) with university rector Wolfgang Fleischhacker and Alexandra Kofler, former medical director of the clinic.(Bild: MUI/Bullock)

A bang at the University Clinic for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Innsbruck. Director Andreas Kolk has lost his management position and has to go. "Unjustified", he says and makes serious accusations. 

On July 1, 2019, all was still right with the world for the renowned doctor Andreas Kolk. That was the day he took up the post of Director of the Innsbruck University Clinic for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. The then 53-year-old was described as an "ideal appointment".