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After a two-year break due to the pandemic, the Teddy Bear Hospital will take place from June 21 to 25 in the park of the Medical Center - University of Freiburg / Registration online

Playfully demonstrating how exciting a visit to the doctor can be and that children need not be afraid of hospitals - Freiburg medical students are once again taking on this task. In cooperation with the pharmacy and dentistry student councils, they are organizing the 17th Freiburg Teddy Bear Hospital after a two-year break due to the pandemic. This year it will take place from Tuesday, June 21, 2022 to Saturday, June 25, 2022 in the park of the Medical Center - University of Freiburg. From Tuesday to Friday the doors will be open from 9 am to 4 pm , on Saturday the plush patients will be treated from 9 am to 2 pm. Children between the ages of three and six can have their sick or injured cuddly toys examined in the Teddy Bear Hospital by specially trained students, the so-called "Teddy Docs". In this way, the children have the opportunity to experience a visit to the doctor without being the patients themselves.

Daycare and kindergarten groups (of five or more children) are also welcome to visit the Teddy Bear Hospital from Tuesday to Friday. Prior registration is required. Families can visit the Teddy Bear Hospital at any time. Please register in advance, especially for the family day (Saturday). A visit to the Teddy Bear Hospital should take about two hours.

A hygiene concept has been drawn up to ensure the safety of visitors young and old. You can find all information here: www.tbk.ofamed.de/aktuelles

From teddy school to the dentist

During their visit to the Teddy Bear Hospital, the young visitors go through various stations that are modeled on a real visit to the hospital. After registering, the children take a seat in the teddy school and are given an explanation of the human body before being picked up by the teddy docs to have their cuddly toy examined. After the initial treatment, the sick stuffed animals are either taken for further examinations, such as X-rays, or, in the case of serious injuries, even to the teddy surgery. After treatment, the children can redeem the prescription for their stuffed animal in the teddy bear hospital pharmacy. Finally, the teddy bear's teeth will be treated in the dentist's tent.

The patron of the Teddy Bear Hospital is Prof. Dr. Brigitte Stiller, Medical Director of the Department of Congenital Heart Defects and Pediatric Cardiology at the Medical Center - University of Freiburg. The Teddy Bear Hospital is supported by the University of Freiburg Medical Center, the Faculty of Medicine - University of Freiburg and donations.

Further information, registration and current hygiene rules at: www.tbk.ofamed.de/aktuelles

Contact:
Laura Haas and Emilia Schlaak
Offene Fachschaft Medizin Freiburg e.V.
tbk@ofamed.de
www.tbk.ofamed.de