Who is doing research for the orphans of medicine? "Far too few!" is the answer given by Eva Luise Köhler in the current +3 Magazine, a supplement of the Süddeutsche Zeitung. For fatally, the immense need for effective medical help in the field of rare diseases has long been matched by a lack of research activities.
Filmportrait Jutta Gärtner und Hendrik Rosewich
We won't wait until Monday morning
How do you work in the awareness that you are often the only hope for families with a seriously ill child? Jutta Gärtner and Hendrik Rosewich are one of the few points of contact for pediatric neurological disorders, such as pediatric dementia or unclear movement disorders. Once a diagnosis is made, a grueling race against time begins. In the search for therapies, patient care and research must go hand in hand - also often on weekends. The neuropediatricians at the University Hospital Göttingen experience their work as "deeply meaningful".
