The Melbourne Children’s campus has taken out the top gong at the annual Melbourne Awards, celebrating the culture of collaborative innovation that brings our three organisations together to care for Victorian children.

The Melbourne Awards, now in its 11th year, celebrates inspirational people and organisations that make Melbourne truly remarkable.

This year, The Melbourne Children’s – a partnership between The Royal Children’s Hospital, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and the University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics – has been awarded ‘Contribution to profile by a corporation‘ for our work locally, nationally and internationally .

“We are absolutely delighted the strength of the Melbourne Children’s campus is being recognised and celebrated by our city,” said CEO Professor Christine Kilpatrick.

“This award is further evidence of our strong reputation as leaders in paediatric clinical care, research, training and education. I am delighted to have stood alongside my campus partner colleagues to accept this award on behalf of all of our staff and the tremendous work they do,” she said.

The award recognises some of our major achievements, including the discovery of the rotavirus in 1973, the separation of conjoined twins Krishna and Trishna in 2009 and our record Good Friday Appeal where $16.4 million was raised. It is also attributed to our ongoing model of collaboration, how we translate our shared knowledge into better health outcomes and educate our staff to provide great care now, and well into the future.

The City of Melbourne website announcement describes the hospital as ‘an iconic Melbourne institution – loved by Victorians and recognised as a leader around the world’. This award has further supported this statement; the RCH is not only special to Melbourne, but our national and global profile is strong.

We congratulate all campus staff on this award, as contributors to the great, award-winning campus that is Melbourne Children’s.