Austrian brain surgeon allegedly had his daughter drill a hole in a guy's head

Take Your Kid To Work Day is apparently a bit more hands-on over in Austria than it is here in the United States because a brain surgeon over there is in trouble for allegedly letting his teenage take a turn drilling a hole in a patient’s skull.

According to Sky News (citing a report from Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung), in January a 33-year-old patient was airlifted to Graz University Hospital, Styria, southeastern Austria.

He sustained major head injuries in what sure sounds like it was a major incident (although, I don’t feel like there are too many papercuts or brush burns when it comes to forestry incidents), and he needed surgery.

Fortunately, that surgery went off without a hitch, which appears to be even more of a miracle after allegations surfaced the brain surgeon working on the patient allowed his 13-year-old daughter to help out by drilling a hole in the forestry worker’s head.

Imagine having to undergo emergency brain surgery and finding out six months later that a child was supposedly allowed to pierce your skull. Well, a poor guy in Austria doesn't have to imagine that. (Getty Images)

This only came to light after an anonymous complaint was received against the surgical team in April.

What's incredible, however, is that the man who underwent the operation in question learned about the case through the media, but was not informed until July that he was the guy whose head a child was allegedly allowed to have a hole drilled in.

“You lie there. Unwilling, unconscious and become a guinea pig. There is no other way to put it… that's not possible. You can't do that,” said victim Peter Freiberger.

This is completely insane, but in my opinion it damages the reputation of brain surgery. Next to rocket science, it is the pinnacle of professions that are very difficult to do. However, I doubt that a child could just drill a hole in a man's head and he would not find out about it until 6 months later.