Operating with rings and cones: open doors in the Tölz city clinic

Created: 07/04/2022, 11:00 am

Drilling, hammering, screwing: trauma surgeon Harald Rieger (right) lets Elsa get to the bones directly.

Mother Laura Bergmann prefers to just watch.

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The Asklepios city clinic in Tölz had invited to an open day.

For five hours there was an extensive program with many activities.

You could also test a surgical robot.

Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen – From high-tech medicine worth millions to nursing staff to hospital pastoral care – there was a lot to marvel at and even more information on the open house at the Asklepios town clinic in Tölz.

On Saturday, the visitors got an insight into the diverse areas that make up a hospital.

A corona test was necessary in advance, but the humorous reception team at this station quickly let any displeasure be forgotten.

Place rings on cones with the surgical robot

When looking at the flyer with the program and station plan, one or the other doubted whether five hours would be enough to see everything.

The offer included lectures, house tours and numerous opportunities to get involved.

A highlight was set up in the auditorium: the computer-aided surgical robot Da Vinci.

Professor Roman Ganzer, chief physician for urology, and Lisa Praetorius from the Californian manufacturer invited the 1.5 million euro device to operate itself.

The operator sat at the surgeon's console and looked at the 3D screen.

Next to him was the patient trolley, on which four robotic arms guided thin rods into an artificial abdominal cavity.

Instead of organs, there were miniature cones and rings beneath the tiny pincers and scissors of the operating arms.

Operation on a gummy bear: Luca tries to use real surgical instruments and a camera, guided by resident Katarzyna Putko.

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And the visitors, including the youngest, confirmed: It was child's play to put the rings on the cones.

Robotics translated human hand movements into precise, tiny actions on objects.

"But first a specialist is trained," explained Ganzer.

The system is operated by doctors with many years of professional experience.

What's next after the operation?

That explains the social service

Instead of fine motor skills, twelve-year-old Elsa Bergmann reached out vigorously.

She drilled, hammered and screwed a pin into a bone, all under the guidance of the head of trauma surgery, Harald Rieger.

"She wants to be a doctor," her mother Laura explained.

But what happens after an operation?

Katharina Klora from social services explained: "Relatives can contact us before an operation is scheduled for follow-up treatment or how care can be taken at home," she explained.

Nurses come from all over the world

The nursing staff at the clinic come from all over the world, as the nursing department showed with maps and colorful information boards.

Here you can find information about nursing education.

By the way: Everything from the region is now also available in our regular Bad Tölz newsletter.

Food and drinks were prepared for the guests in front of the clinic, and three musicians played.

The visitors also passed the Bad Tölz volunteer fire brigade and an ambulance from the Bavarian Red Cross.

The new vehicle of the hospice mobile was also there.

The volunteers, who depend on donations, fulfill a wish for seriously ill people - such as visiting relatives, driving to a desired place or to an event.

Hospital chaplains issue letters and pictures

On the way through the clinic, beautiful photographs from a competition held by the hospital attracted attention.

The pictures showed local landscape shots on the topic "My most beautiful place in the region".

Opposite, on the window panes, the ecumenical hospital chaplaincy had hung thank-you letters and pictures.

There must also be room in a hospital for fear and grief.

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