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Action day at the Medical Center - University of Freiburg with insights into the intensive care unit for premature babies at the Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and other activities

To draw attention to the first challenging months and years of prematurely born children and their families, World Prematurity Day is held annually on November 17. The intensive care unit for premature babies at the Center for Pediatrics at the Medical Center - University of Freiburg is also taking part.

On Thursday, November 17, an event entitled "Little Miracles" will take place in the library of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Hugstetter Straße 55, Freiburg) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to mark World Premature Baby Day. Interested parties can experience a specially constructed intensive care unit for premature babies up close. There will also be the opportunity to visit a mini version of the popular Freiburg Teddy Bear Hospital organized by the Open Medical Student Association Freiburg. The Frühchenverein Freiburg e.V. will be providing refreshments and will be represented with an information stand.

Participation is free of charge. Registration is only necessaryfor groups of fiveor morepeople(zkj.sekretariat.neonatologie@uniklinik-freiburg.de). Due to COVID-19, wearing an FFP2 masks is mandatory and a daily negative test is required regardless of vaccination status. To participate in this event, you can also be tested free of charge in advance in the clinic park (surgery test tent).

Specialized treatment centre

In Germany, more than 60,000 children are born prematurely every year. This means that every tenth child is born before the 37th week of pregnancy. Depending on how many weeks prematurely it is born, a premature baby can only breathe, drink and maintain its body temperature to a limited extent or not at all. It must therefore be given intensive medical care as quickly as possible and receives the necessary care in an incubator.

The Section of Neonatology and Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine at the Department of General Pediatrics and Gynecology and the Department of Obstetrics and Perinatology at the Department - University of Freiburg are certified as a Level I Perinatal Center and are therefore a specialized treatment center for extremely premature babies. The "Eckstein" neonatal intensive care unit with 16 beds is located in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and is connected to the delivery room, the maternity ward and the maternity ward. Around 400 newborns were treated there last year. Once the premature babies are in stable health, they are cared for in the "Camerer" infant ward in the Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and prepared for discharge.

Contact:
Prof. Dr. Hans Fuchs
Head
Section of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine
Department of General Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine and Neonatology
Uniklinik Freiburg
Phone: 0761 270-45030
hans.fuchs@uniklinik-freiburg.de