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Sustainably anesthetized
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Anesthetic gas

Germany

Sustainably anesthetized

Anesthetic gas recycling reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent

Planting trees and changing hearts
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Planting Trees in Haina

Latin America

Planting trees and changing hearts

Fresenius Kabi Employees in the Dominican Republic are working to create a healthier environment.

‘Sometimes we understand each other without words’
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Europe

‘Sometimes we understand each other without words’

Dr. Veronika Wolter is the first deaf person in Germany to achieve the position of chief physician. She herself uses a hearing prosthesis, and understands her patients very well.

This superhero fights for healthy kidneys
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The Kidney Kid at a school in Taiwan

Asia-Pacific

This superhero fights for healthy kidneys

A playful way of teaching kidney health makes The Kidney Kid popular with children in many countries.

'Diversity is enrichment'
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Regenbogenfarbene Regenschirme mit Helios-Logo beim Christopher-Street-Day in Berlin.

Europe

'Diversity is enrichment'

Chief Financial Officer Rachel Empey and Sebastian Biedenkopf, Management Board member responsible for Human Resources, talk to Head of Communications Matthias Link about diversity and inclusion at Fresenius.

Doubling up on a second chance
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Europe

Doubling up on a second chance

Twin brothers Kilian and Jamie both suffered from a heart weakness. Just three days apart, they each received a transplanted heart at Fresenius Helios.

A robot at the operating table
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Roboter von vorne

Europe

A robot at the operating table

Fresenius Helios uses the latest robotic technology to make surgery gentler for patients – for example at Helios Hospital Erfurt in Germany.

Growing up with parenteral nutrition
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Europe

Growing up with parenteral nutrition

How two brave adventurers from Switzerland are exploring the world step-by-step.

The History of Dialysis
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Europe / USA

The History of Dialysis

If the kidneys fail, death was certain for a long time. The year 1945 changed that.

Serving patients in Swaziland
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Swasiland

Africa

Serving patients in Swaziland

Fresenius Medical Care employees staff the country's only dialysis center.

"I want to help others, so they won’t give up"
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Europe

"I want to help others, so they won’t give up"

Living on clinical nutrition demands tremendous discipline. But for a child, being different from all the other kids just might be the hardest part.

From a local pharmacy to a global corporation
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Europe

From a local pharmacy to a global corporation

As a leading global healthcare group we are dedicated to medicine and human health - values we have upheld since our founding as a pharmacy lab in 1912.