Children in the hospital

If you can stay with your child around the clock, we will support this. If your child is up to 6 years old, a parent can be admitted to most wards free of charge. If the space available on the ward allows, it is also possible to stay overnight on a cot with your child. Of course, there are also medical reasons why a parent may be admitted free of charge for children over the age of 6. The decision in this regard lies with the medical staff.

If it is not possible to stay overnight on the ward, you can either sleep in one of the parents' rooms in the dormitory next to the old paediatric clinic (Im Neuenheimer Feld 154) or in one of the 16 parents' flats at the Angelika Lautenschläger Clinic (new paediatric clinic, Im Neuenheimer Feld 430).

As an alternative to inpatient admission, there is the option of living in one of a total of 16 flats. These are located directly next to the paediatric clinic (INF 430) and are connected to the paediatric clinic by a corridor and via the garden.

Each flat is 17 square metres in size and is equipped with sleeping facilities for two people, a bathroom, television, fridge and telephone. Cooking is done in a kitchen-cum-living room, which also serves as a common room for parents to socialise. A washing machine and tumble dryer are available. Bed linen is provided, but you must bring your own towels.

The clinic charges a contribution towards expenses of 7 euros plus VAT per night. A one-off flat rate of 35 euros plus VAT is charged for the final cleaning. The daily fee does not apply if you are accommodated in one of the parents' rooms in the dormitory in building INF 154 (next to the old paediatric clinic). From there it is a five-minute walk to the new paediatric clinic.

Please note that overnight accommodation costs in the parents' dormitory cannot be claimed from the health insurance fund if you are also admitted to the ward.

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The playrooms are assigned to the individual wards. From Monday to Friday, generally from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., the children are looked after by our educational staff. Please understand that siblings cannot be looked after in the playrooms. Our Kinderplanet is available for siblings.

There are also playrooms for children admitted as inpatients in the entrance area of the Kopfklinik and in the paediatric clinic. The playroom in the head clinic is also equipped with a nappy-changing room and a children's toilet.

The majority of children who are hospitalised at the clinic are seriously ill. In addition to worrying about the sick child, parents are naturally also concerned about how and where their healthy siblings can be cared for and looked after during this time. The "Kinderplanet" has been offering help in these cases since 1995. Here, children of all ages can play, read, learn, listen to music and sleep in expert and loving care - free of charge and without prior registration.

The "Kinderplanet" is located on the level of the outpatient clinics in the Angelika Lautenschläger Klinik (Im Neuenheimer Feld 430). Opening hours are all day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., including holiday periods, except at weekends and on public holidays.

The donation-financed facility is run by the parents' association "Aktion für krebskranke Kinder e.V. Heidelberg".

The Centre for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine on level 02 has its own library with more than 5,000 books, DVDs and CDs for children and adolescents. Borrowing is free of charge. During opening hours, the staff go around the wards with a book trolley and visit the children at their bedsides.

OPENING HOURS

Mon, Tue and Wed from 10 a.m. to 12 noon

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The Heidelberg Hospital School is a state school directly sponsored by the state of Baden-Württemberg. Teachers at various locations of Heidelberg University Hospital exclusively teach pupils - from all federal states, school types and school levels - during their stay at Heidelberg University Hospital. Contact is established via the wards.

The school's most important locations are the Centre for Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, the Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Orthopaedic Clinic.

The Heidelberg Hospital School is one of the largest hospital schools providing acute care in Baden-Württemberg and Germany. Around 110 pupils are educated per week and around 800 to 1000 pupils per year.

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The social medical aftercare team looks after

• premature and high-risk babies
• chronically, seriously ill and disabled children
• Children after accidents with severe consequential damage
• Ventilated children
• Children with enteral and parenteral nutrition therapy
• Children up to the age of 14, in particularly serious cases up to the age of 18

Care begins while the child is still in hospital. After discharge, the staff ensure that outpatient nursing care is provided.

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The hospital chaplain will be happy to help you with your worries, hopes or fears. You can also contact her if you would like a prayer, a blessing or a baptism for your child. There is usually a children's service on Thursdays at 5 pm in the children's clinic in the playroom on ward K3. The Room of Silence in the Women's Clinic and the chapels in the Head Clinic and the Surgical Clinic are available for personal prayer.

Contact can be made via the nursing staff, via the gate of the women's clinic (06221 56-7856) or directly via the chaplains.

Protestant pastoral care

Catholic pastoral care

In an emergency, a member of the pastoral care team can be contacted at any time, including at night and at weekends, via the information desk at the Women's Clinic.

If your child's state of health allows it and there is no medical reason not to, you are welcome to leave the hospital building. Please clarify this in advance with the nursing team on your ward.

Botanical Garden

The Heidelberg Botanic Garden is a place of scientific research and teaching, protects endangered plant species, offers public education programmes and is an important institution for the horticultural trade and its training. Last but not least, it is also a place of recreation. Founded in 1593, the Heidelberg Botanical Garden is one of the oldest botanical gardens in the world. Visiting the botanical garden and the greenhouses is free of charge.

From the Angelika Lautenschläger Clinic you can reach the Botanical Garden on foot in about 10 minutes.

Heidelberg Zoo

"Experience life live" is the motto of Heidelberg Zoo: come face to face with a lion, discover a panda high up in the branches or watch a bull elephant take a bath. All this and more is possible at Heidelberg Zoo, the largest zoo in the metropolitan region, which is just a few metres away from the Centre for Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine.