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Austrian Doctor Arranges Innsbruck Hospital Stay For Romanian Child Ana

This 3 January 2007 email records Dr Franz Krösslhuber updating Michael Leidig and others involved in Ana’s support case, saying he had arranged a stay for the Romanian child at the University Hospital in Innsbruck with Prof. Hager, head of the paediatric surgery department, who would coordinate the necessary examinations. The email explains that the clinic first required a financial guarantee to be given to the hospital administration, after which Prof. Hager would provide a bed for Ana in his department. It also notes that Ana’s parents could stay at the clinic during the day, while overnight accommodation would be organised nearby. The document is significant because it confirms that the support effort around Ana moved beyond general charity discussion into concrete medical arrangements with a named Austrian university hospital and specialist paediatric surgery department. In the wider evidence chain, it helps show the real-world humanitarian follow-up that arose from CEN/Jour­nalism Without Borders activity after Leidig met Ana while working on a Telegraph-linked Romania assignment: documents were prepared, charity contacts were approached, doctors became involved, and hospital assessment was arranged.

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Part of Central European News & Mike Leidig v BuzzFeed (US Second Circuit Libel Case) – CEN Case Documents

europe Media newsX Community Interest Company Published 3 May 2026 at 13:43 Source: 16 July 2016

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