Poigenfürst, Johannes#
Poigenfuerst, Johannes, b. Vienna, March 19, 1929, surgeon specialising in traumatology and orthopaedic surgery. Studied medicine in Vienna; did surgical training in Vienna, Berlin, Sweden and England in 1955-1962 and in New York in 1967-1968. Since 1983 university professor; has operated in numerous hospitals in Austria and abroad (e.g. Berlin, Stockholm, New York). 1971-1984 professor at the First Department of Surgery for Traumatology and Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Vienna; since 1984 head of traumatology and orthopaedic surgery at the Lorenz-Boehler Hospital in Vienna. Co-editor of the periodicals "Aktuelle Traumatologie" and "Unfallchirurgie". 1994 triggered a debate about the law regulating working hours in hospitals, which came to be known as the "Affaere P."(P. affair).
Literature#
H. Mayer and T. Thomandl, Der misshandelte Rechtsstaat, dargestellt am "Fall P.", 1995.