The aim behind the campaign? "We organize a teddy bear hospital every year and want to take away the children's fear of hospitals," explains Helena Bauer-Brunner from the medical student council. This year, she organized the event together with 15 other medical students from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität and the Technical University of Munich.

The team set up laboratories, operating tables and X-ray areas, all child-friendly and homemade. "We then treat the cuddly toys together with the children. At each step, we explain what happens and how the treatment helps the teddy," explains Helena Bauer-Brunner. This helps the children to get to know processes in a playful way and try them out on their cuddly toy.

"This is my third time taking part," says medical student Amelie Kruse. "My favorite moment is the anamnesis. Every child tells me what the cuddly toy has. Some make up the wildest stories. Last year, for example, we had a ghost driver who was injured."

The volunteer fire department and paramedics were also present at the teddy bear hospital. They simulated an accident rescue and explained the emergency vehicles.

Was also a patient in the teddy bear hospital: Maxi, the LMU mascot, received excellent care there.