Art for a good cause

A graffiti project embellishes the walls of the neonatology ward at Chemnitz Hospital.

The donation board for the neonatology department was unveiled in the presence of the chairmen of Lukas Stern e. V., Christian Frank (left) and Daniela Lieberwirth (3rd from left), the head of neonatology Katrin Höpner (2nd from left), the Niners Chemnitz players Luca Kellig (3rd from right) and Kevin Yebo as well as the head physician of the Clinic for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Dr med. habil. Axel Hübler (right). Picture: Chemnitz Hospital

Graffiti artists have redesigned the corridors in the neonatal intensive care unit (neonatology) at the Flemmingstrasse 4 paediatric and adolescent medicine clinic.

In order to make this special place more pleasant for the smallest patients, their parents and the hospital team, the neonatal intensive care unit has been given a visual makeover in recent weeks.

Thanks to sponsorship from Niners Chemnitz and Lukas Stern e. V., an artistic graffiti project has been realised that gives the corridor areas a new, warm atmosphere. Pictures of animal children such as a fawn, a raccoon, a sparrow and a hedgehog were created in a natural setting. This colourful wall art creates an environment that provides calm and strength in emotionally turbulent times.

The project noticeably increases the quality of stay and focusses on well-being in addition to medical care.