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Best medicine for your child

In our centers for pediatric and adolescent medicine, infants, children and adolescents receive optimal treatment. We care for our young patients as if they were our own children. We take care of body and soul and treat all acute and chronic childhood and adolescent diseases.

Our wide range of services includes outpatient and inpatient care for premature babies, infants, toddlers and young people:

  • Neonatology accompanies premature and newborn babies during their start into life
  • Our pulmologists ensure that your child gets better air despite lung disease, allergies or cystic fibrosis
  • The intensive care physicians take care of young patients around the clock
  • Diagnostics and therapy of psychosomatic diseases
  • Our oncologists and hematologists use the most advanced diagnostic and therapeutic methods
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A small victory for 4-year-old Ole after three months in bed

A small victory for 4-year-old Ole after three months in bed

Four-year-old Ole, who has severe pulmonary arterial hypertension, has been at Leipzig Heart Center for several months awaiting a lung transplant. Thanks to extracorporeal life support and the dedicated medical team, he was able to leave his hospital room for the first time in three months and spend some time outdoors.

Triple joy: Premature triplets successfully discharged home

Triple joy: Premature triplets successfully discharged home

It is moments like these that clearly demonstrate the high standard of care provided by the Perinatal Center in Pforzheim: after several weeks of intensive medical care, the premature triplets Hanas, Ayas, and Reivin were discharged home in good health.

Complex heart surgery for 8-year-old Amari

Complex heart surgery for 8-year-old Amari

In August, 8-year-old Amari underwent surgery at the Leipzig Heart Center (Herzzentrum Leipzig). He had travelled from Angola to Germany in spring 2025 with the support of the international aid organisation Friedensdorf International. Following medical treatment for his lower leg in North Rhine-Westphalia, doctors also discovered a complex congenital heart defect. At the Leipzig Heart Center, Amar…

Heart Center Leipzig has once again received the “Ausgezeichnet. FÜR KINDER” award

Heart Center Leipzig has once again received the “Ausgezeichnet. FÜR KINDER” award

Following a comprehensive review, the University Department of Pediatric Cardiology at the Leipzig Heart Center has once again been awarded the nationwide “Ausgezeichnet. FÜR KINDER” (“Excellent. FOR CHILDREN”) quality seal. The distinction confirms the high quality of child-friendly, family-centered inpatient care provided to children and adolescents.

Helios Hospital Erfurt has once again been certified as a Pediatric Oncology Center

Helios Hospital Erfurt has once again been certified as a Pediatric Oncology Center

The Pediatric Oncology Center at Helios Hospital Erfurt continues to meet the high quality standards of the German Cancer Society (DKG). Following a successful review, the center was recertified in 2026. It was first certified in 2018, making it one of the first centers of its kind in Germany.

Children’s abdominal pain: Searching for the cause

Children’s abdominal pain: Searching for the cause

Abdominal pain, digestive problems, or food intolerances can place a significant burden on the daily lives of children and their families. When school absences become more frequent, concerns about a child’s growth and development increase, or mealtimes turn into a source of stress, the path to the correct diagnosis is often long and exhausting. The Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology at the C…

Leipzig: A unique study of children with congenital heart disease

Leipzig: A unique study of children with congenital heart disease

Swimming is an ideal and popular hobby for children. However, children with congenital heart defects have so far been partially restricted from participating in swimming activities. The reason for this is the lack of sufficient scientific data. For this reason, the Heart Center Leipzig is currently conducting a globally unique study setup to investigate cardiovascular parameters in children with c…

Helios Bad Saarow: “Excellent. FOR CHILDREN 2026–2027”

Helios Bad Saarow: “Excellent. FOR CHILDREN 2026–2027”

Minister Andreas Philippi, Lower Saxony’s Minister for Social Affairs, Labour, Health and Equality and Chair of the 2026 Conference of Health Ministers, awards the Children’s Clinic of Helios Klinikum Bad Saarow the quality seal “Excellent. FOR CHILDREN 2026–2027.”

Tim Niehues: A novel approach to the treatment of fever

Tim Niehues: A novel approach to the treatment of fever

Tim Nihués, Chief Physician of the Department of Pediatrics at Helios Hospital Krefeld, talks about a new approach to treating fever. New recommendations for pediatricians and specialists in adolescent medicine, as well as accompanying guidance for parents, aim to change the understanding of what fever actually is.

Heart Center Leipzig: Normal life expectancy despite rare disease

Heart Center Leipzig: Normal life expectancy despite rare disease

The Heart Center Leipzig draws attention to the importance of highly specialized medical care. One particularly impressive example is little Leonard: he was born with reversed organs and an additional serious heart defect. Just five days after his birth, he was successfully treated in a highly complex operation at the Leipzig Heart Center. Thanks to state-of-the-art medicine and interdisciplinary…

From Angola to Helios Berlin-Buch: Maria can walk again

From Angola to Helios Berlin-Buch: Maria can walk again

Due to a persistent chronic bone inflammation, 12-year-old Maria from Angola almost lost her left leg. After Peace Village International contacted the Helios Hospital Berlin-Buch, Dr. Matthias Rogalski, Head of the Pediatric Orthopaedics and Pediatric Neuroorthopaedics Department, and his team took on this rare case. With success. After many months in a wheelchair, Maria is already taking small st…

Helios Berlin-Buch: Prodigy with a fighter's heart

Helios Berlin-Buch: Prodigy with a fighter's heart

For mother Selina, her son Paul is a child prodigy. When Paul was born 13 weeks prematurely and suffered a severe brain haemorrhage, Selina quickly realized that her son had not had an easy start in life. This was followed by further complications, two operations and close monitoring and follow-up examinations. Today, Paul is four years old, goes to nursery and loves to chat. A development that no…

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