Another mix-up

Another mistake: cancer diagnosis for the wrong woman

A 54-year-old woman from the Mühlviertel region was traumatized by a mistake made by a senior physician at the KUK in Linz. She has not yet recovered from this.(Bild: Markus Wenzel)

A similarity in names apparently led a doctor at Kepler University Hospital (KUK) in Linz to mix up the medical records of two patients and shock one of them with bad news. 

For 54-year-old A. from Mühlviertel, February 4 was an emotional disaster. On that day, the married mother's world (at least temporarily) fell apart. A shocking diagnosis at the Kepler University Hospital (KUK) in Linz knocked her off her feet. She has probably not yet recovered from this trauma. As soon as she tries to talk about it, the oppressive feelings she had at the time immediately return: fear of death, panic, despair, and a flood of tears.