University Hospital Essen - Intensive care unit for children

PRODUCTION - 29 February 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Essen: Senior physician Mark Dzietko examines a newborn in the perinatal center, the neonatal intensive care unit, at the Department of Pediatrics at Essen University Hospital. According to experts, the situation at many children's hospitals is critical: a lack of doctors, a shortage of specialists, a lack of money and a reduction in beds are putting the facilities under increasing pressure. Photo: Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa (Photo by Rolf Vennenbernd/picture alliance via Getty Images)