A commemorative plaque has been placed at the site occupied by the Royal Children’s Hospital from 1876 until it moved to its current site in 1963. Dame Elisabeth Mudoch D.B.E. and Mr Gordon Moffat former Chairman of Trust, the company which currently owns and occupies the site on the corner of Pelham and Rathdowne Streets … Continued
The Royal Children’s Hospital has launched a new service for pregnant women called Mothersafe. Mothersafe is a clinical teratology service provided by the Paediatric Clinical Pharmacology Research Unit and is based on the model developed by the Motherisk Program at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada and Sydney’s Royal Hospital for Women Mothersafe … Continued
Childhood brain tumours account for the most common solid tumour (cancer) in childhood and the Royal Children’s Hospital diagnoses around 35 primary school aged children with brain tumours and treats around 150 each year. Today at 10.30am, Peter Schwab, Coach of Hawthorn Football Club will be launching an educational interactive book about brain tumours for … Continued
The Royal Children’s Hospital has introduced Australia’s first on-line personal patient record, BetterDiabetes.com for children and adolescents with diabetes. Launched at the hospital on Wednesday 16th July as part of National Diabetes Week, BetterDiabetes will enhance the care of patients with Type 1 diabetes by enabling patients to take responsibility for their own medical records. BetterDiabetes is … Continued
Families visiting Royal Children’s Hospital now have a brand new space to call their own. The hospital’s new Family Resource Centre was officially opened by Minister for Health The Hon Bronwyn Pike MP on Wednesday 18th June. The centre is a bright comfortable and inviting space where parents can share lunch with family and friends, … Continued
Clinicians at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital are supporting the Meningitis Centre in their efforts to raise awareness of the dangers of this disease and encourage funding of a pneumococcal vaccine for all infants under 2 years of age. Meningitis is an inflammation of the outer covering of the brain and spinal cord. It is a … Continued
Plastic surgeon Mr. Chris Coombs performed a world first procedure at Royal Children’s Hospital by using a little boy’s ‘extra’ finger as a spare part on his other hand. Timothy Hristodoulou, now four years old, was born with hand deformities. Tim’s parents Sandra and George knew from prenatal tests that he would be born with … Continued
Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Daniel Andrews will attend Debney Meadows Primary School in Flemnington on April 1st to launch the ‘Festival for Healthy Living Step by Step Guide For Schools’. Mr Andrews will join principal Ms Terese Heally, staff and students from Debney Meadows, and staff from Royal Children’s Hospital Mental Health Service to celebrate … Continued
Royal Children’s Hospital is the first hospital in Australia to trial home monitoring for children and young people taking warfarin, a blood thinning medication. Approximately eighty RCH patients, aged from 1 – 22 years of age are taking warfarin and most of them will take the drug for the rest of their lives. The majority … Continued
Children with leukaemia and other cancers at Royal Children’s Hospital are being soothed during medical procedures with specially selected music played by Australia’s leading cello duo and recorded in a 115 year old school chapel in Melbourne. Cello Lullaby was devised by the hospital’s Dr Catherine Crock and recorded to CD, and will be available … Continued
