Paediatrics

Paediatric medicine takes into consideration all branches of medicine. It deals with the treatment of developmental disorders, deformities and illnesses of the juvenile and infant body. In these highly specialized departments it is possible to diagnose inpatients as well as outpatients.

Diagnostic procedures and tests for children cover, for example, sonography, x-ray diagnostic, EEG, bronchoscopy, gastroscopy, lung function testing, allergometry, the diagnosis of developmental disorders, MRI and CT diagnostic.

Equally available are emergency medical aid, intensive care, cardiology, urology, psychiatry and neurology, and, as a unique feature, therapeutic approaches according to the holistic principles of Anthroposophical Medicine.
Also inpatient and outpatient care of severely handicapped children is provided for.

Specialized Hospitals in this field of medicine are the Marien-Hospital Witten being equipped with a Paediatric Clinic and the Anthroposophical Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Herdecke, offering a “Family Clinic”.