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From June 20 to 24, the 18th Teddy Bear Hospital of the Freiburg medical students will take place in the park of the Medical Center - University of Freiburg in cooperation with the student councils of dentistry and pharmacy

Playfully demonstrating how exciting a visit to hospital can be and that children need not be afraid of it - Freiburg medical students are once again taking on this task. In cooperation with the pharmacy and dentistry student councils, the Offene Fachschaft Medizin Freiburg e.V. is organizing the 18th Freiburg Teddy Bear Hospital. This year it will take place from Tuesday, June 20, 2023 to Saturday, June 24, 2023 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 by specially trained students, the so-called "Teddy-Docs", in the Teddy Bear Hospital. This gives the children the opportunity to experience a visit to the physicians without having to be 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. Registration is recommended and reduces the waiting time, but is not mandatory. About two hours should be planned for a visit to the Teddy Bear Hospital.

From the 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 dentist's tent takes care of the health of the teddy teeth.

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 and registration can be found here: www.tbk.ofamed.de/aktuelles

Caption: What's wrong with the teddy bear? A computer tomography in the Teddy Bear Hospital provides the answer.
Image source: Fabio Smitka