Two doctors carried out the operation and according to the indictment the senior physician allowed her 12-year-old daughter to drill a hole in the skull.
A brain surgeon in Austria faces criminal trial following an arrest for allegedly allowing her 12-year-old daughter to drill a hole in a patient’s skull at Graz Regional Hospital.
This incident took place in January 2024, when a brain surgeon allowed her 12-year-old daughter to enter an operating theatre and afterwards gave permission to let her young daughter drill a hole in a patient’s skull for a probe.
According to reports, the surgeon denied the allegations pressed against her, but the doctor’s junior colleague confirms the incident.
12-Year-Old Drills Hole In Patient’s Skull
Reportedly, a 33-year-old farm worker was admitted to the hospital after sustaining a traumatic brain injury in January 2024.
Two doctors carried out the operation and according to the indictment the senior physician allowed her 12-year-old daughter to drill a hole in the skull.
The Austrian brain surgeon was reported to have boasted later on how her daughter had completed her first “gynaecological hysterectomy.”
In the case, the senior physician’s lawyer, Michael Kropiunig, claimed, “He allowed her to put her hand on his hand while he was operating the drill, but that’s not relevant to the criminal proceedings.”
Shocking case in Austria: A neurosurgeon allegedly let her 12-year-old daughter drill a hole in a patient’s skull during surgery in Graz.
The 33-year-old patient needed a small opening to measure intracranial pressure after a head injury. Prosecutors say the child, with her pic.twitter.com/J4DV5tASlB Visegr d 24 (@visegrad24) August 20, 2025
“Risk Cannot Be Downplayed”
An investigation has been launched anonymously under several doctors.
Talking about the incident, Prosecutor Julia Steiner said the act was “incredible disrespect towards the patient.” He questioned, “What would have happened if the drill had been defective and had not stopped automatically after breaking through the skull bone?”
Steiner further added, “Risk cannot be downplayed.”
The hearing of the case has been postponed to 10 December, according to reports.
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