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Leo is four years old and has cancer. He needs immediate surgery, but capacity at the Olgahospital of the Stuttgart Clinic is limited. Everyone here is working at their limits, but operations still have to be postponed again and again - due to financial difficulties and a lack of skilled workers. The situation is similar in the area of outpatient care. Many parents are desperately looking for a pediatrician's office. What's going wrong? You can see these and more exciting documentaries here ???? https://www.ardmediathek.de/dokus On some days, pediatrician Ralf Brügel treats up to 90 young patients. Nevertheless, his practice in Schorndorf has to turn children away every day. "Some of the parents cry on the phone because they are so desperate," says a practice employee. Because they cannot find a pediatrician for legally required examinations. In Renningen near Stuttgart, Natasa Krestel also drives 250 kilometers to Bavaria with her children because her previous pediatrician has retired and has no successor. Mayor Wolfgang Faißt is pulling out all the stops. Without success. "We are a growing city in the suburbs of Stuttgart, with lots of families, we actually need two pediatricians, now we don't have any at all." Almost a third of all pediatricians in the southwest will retire in the next few years, many cannot find successors. Why is that and what could solutions look like? This documentary from the series has the original title: Pediatric medicine in need: Little patients - big losers?, broadcast date 19.06.24:. #swrdoku #swr All statements and facts correspond to the time of broadcast and have not been updated since then. Subscribe to the channel: / swrdoku You can find more documentaries on our channel or in the ARD Mediathek at https://www.ardmediathek.de/dokus