Vienna will open two new diabetes centers

Vienna will add two diabetes centers, with openings planned for 2027 and 2028, ORF reports, citing the office of city health councillor Peter Hacker. They will expand the existing center at Wienerberg in Favoriten.

The Donaufeld Diabetes Center in Floridsdorf is due to open in summer 2027. The Baumgarten Diabetes Center in Penzing is expected to begin operating in early 2028. Donaufeld will also serve as a contact point for people with ME/CFS.

The Penzing center is being developed by a team from Hietzing Clinic. Donaufeld, like the Wienerberg center, will be run jointly with Landstraße Clinic.

The centers are a joint project involving the Vienna Health Fund, the Austrian Health Insurance Fund, the Social Insurance Institution for the Self-Employed, the Insurance Institution for Public Servants, Railways and Mining, and the Health Care Institution for Vienna City Employees.

About 130,000 people in Vienna have diabetes, according to city figures, and the number is rising. Since opening in March 2023, the Wienerberg center has treated more than 6,600 people during more than 40,000 outpatient visits. The city said strong demand and positive experience had prompted the expansion.

Donaufeld is also due to open Vienna’s first outpatient clinic for post-acute infection syndromes in 2027. People with conditions including ME/CFS, or myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, and long Covid will be able to seek care there.