German paediatric hospitals offer the best in diagnosis and treatment
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Any parents who have the misfortune of requiring health care for their kids, only want the very best for them. Germany can truly boast about having the best healthcare system in Europe. Children from all over the world travel here to receive different kinds of medical help. German hospitals offer highly effective diagnostics and therapy, a decent level of inpatient comfort, accommodation, and tolerant treatment.
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- Benefits of German Pediatric Hospitals
- Names of German Children’s Hospitals
- Arrangement of Children’s Treatment in Germany
Benefits of German Pediatric Hospitals
While children’s hospitals and pediatric departments can be found worldwide, the treatment in them differs drastically depending on the location.
German hospitals have great advantages in this field of medicine:
- Wide diagnostic capabilities. When you visit a German hospital, your child will be examined using the latest equipment. Here, recent scientific achievements are used to make laboratory and instrumental diagnostic procedures as accurate and informative as possible. A correctly established diagnosis is the key to a successful treatment.
- Healthcare innovations application. The healthcare system does not stand still. New methods of treatment are constantly being implemented, while old therapeutic approaches are being improved. There are new drugs, non-medicinal treatment procedures, and rehabilitation measures, all of which are being developed all the time.
- Tolerant treatment methods. In German hospitals, a very cautious attitude to children is practiced. All diagnostic and treatment procedures are carried out as painlessly as possible. Non-invasive techniques are always preferred. If invasive interventions are required, then specialists do not use local anesthesia, and instead use general anesthesia of short action. This is safe for the child and ensures little or no pain.
- High level of comfort. German children’s hospitals, as well as pediatric departments of general medical institutions, do not look like hospitals. Their interior is decorated in bright, colorful themes. The departments are more like a kindergarten than a clinic. This child friendly environment eases the psychological stress of a child.
- High efficiency of treatment. In German hospitals, you will encounter a much lower risk of medical errors. Doctors act solely on the European protocols for the provision of medical care. Innovative approaches to treatment are used. All this achieves a much better result for therapy. The disease is cured quicker and leaves fewer effects on the child's body.
Names of German Children’s Hospitals
Children are able to get highly-qualified help in many German hospitals. There are specialized children’s hospitals available, as well as children’s departments in healthcare facilities with wide ranges of medical facilities.
Kinderkrankenhaus Amsterdamer Straße is located in Cologne and is directed at the diagnostics and treatment of children’s diseases. There are branches of children's and adolescent healthcare here, as well as pediatric surgery and urology departments.
Conservative therapy of various pathologies of internal organs is carried out in the department of paediatric and adolescent healthcare. Doctors are engaged in the treatment of:
- allergies;
- endocrine diseases, including diabetes;
- diseases of the stomach and intestines;
- pathologies of the heart;
- pulmonary diseases;
- oncological processes.
Congenital and acquired diseases can be treated in the department paediatric surgery and urology.
Here are some of the conditions that patients are are operated on for here:
- Varicocele
- Congenital anomalies in the structure of the urinary tract
- Undescended testicles
- Hypospadias
- Urinary incontinence
Of course, other surgeries are done as well, not just urological ones. Children with various traumas, hernias, and malformations of internal organs undergo surgery in this department. Almost all operations are performed here, with the exception of cardiac surgeries.
Bonn University Hospital admits thousands of children from all over the world annually. Paediatric hematology and oncology departments are the most in demand. It’s not a secret that cancer is a deadly illness and that it can be treated much more effectively in Germany than in countries with poor healthcare systems.
The department cooperates with the Institute of Experimental Hematology and Transfusion Medicine. This allows clinicians to use the latest directions in the treatment of onco-hematological diseases.
Priority directions of the department are:
- leukemia;
- brain tumors in children;
- stem cell transplantation;
- tumors from germ cells;
- pediatric palliative oncology.
They also perform the most complex cardiac surgeries in Bonn University Hospital, these are done in the department of paediatric cardiac surgery. Children are referred here if they were diagnosed with a congenital heart defect.
There are other hospital departments which treat children’s illnesses:
- Department of General Paediatrics
- Urology and paediatric urology
- Paediatric cardiology (closely cooperates with the department of cardiac surgery)
- Adult and children's epileptology
- Paediatric neurosurgery
- Paediatric orthopaedics and neuro-orthopaedics
- Paediatric surgery
As shown, Bonn University Hospital is able to offer you highly-qualified medical help, including surgical treatments for children with various different diseases.
Bavaria Zscheckwitz Rehabilitation Hospital offers thorough rehabilitation for children, from toddlers to teenagers.
The following therapy directions are available here as well:
- orthopaedics;
- oncology;
- nephrology;
- cardiology;
- endocrinology;
- neuropediatrics;
- rheumatology.
The department of neurology and neuropediatrics offers treatment for those who have suffered a trauma or have congenital pathologies related to their central nervous system. Specialists deal with the rehabilitation of patients with ICP, brain and spinal cord injuries, epilepsy, neuromuscular dystrophy, chronic headaches, and other issues.
The Department of orthopaedics is located in the hospital, for the rehabilitation of children with congenital or acquired defects of the musculoskeletal system. Here, children are able to undergo a course of treatment and rehabilitation if they have suffered fractures, dislocations, scoliosis, posture disorders, and inflammatory bone diseases.
Bavaria Zscheckwitz Rehabilitation Hospital presupposes a joint stay in the ward with the accompanying person (usually the mother of the child), for kids under 8 years old.
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Arrangement of Children’s Treatment in Germany
If you want to choose a clinic for the treatment of your child in Germany, and arrange it in the shortest time possible, you can use the online platform for booking treatment abroad, Booking Health.
The advantages of using our services are obvious:
- Time saving. Arranging treatment in Germany on your own can take several weeks or even months. With our help, everything goes much faster. If necessary, we can arrange emergency treatment for children in Germany.
- Energy saving. You will not need to independently look for an interpreter, choose a hospital, book a flight to Germany, negotiate with the administration of the medical facility, and agree on all the details of the treatment. We will take care of all the organizational issues.
- Cost saving. We will choose the most suitable programme for you. The price will be fixed due to insurance, which will cover any possible additional costs (for example, in case of complications).
Simply leave a request on the site to use the services of Booking Health. Our manager will contact you as soon as possible and help you to choose a treatment-diagnostic or rehabilitation programme for your child.
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Authors:
The article was edited by medical experts, board certified doctors Dr. Nadezhda Ivanisova and Dr. Sergey Pashchenko. For the treatment of the conditions referred to in the article, you must consult a doctor; the information in the article is not intended for self-medication!
Sources:
Open Access Journals, Pediatrics Journals
IMTJ - International Medical Travel Journal
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