Imagine being a young child and walking into a hospital for the first time, knowing that you’ve got to have an operation. A new project aims to replace trepidation with information and coping strategies. Going to Hospital is an interactive CD-ROM to help patients and families deal with the hospital experience. The project was developed … Continued
Two patients from The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) will use new laptops to see if they can gain pole position in The Schools Innovation Design Challenge. Mikael Lawford and Shea James will design, build, test and race a model F1 car as part of state, national and international competitions. Mickael, 14, lives in Echuca and … Continued
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Eleven year old Alex and Tailem, who is nine, joined Minister Bronwyn Pike to celebrate the launch of the new Victorian Paediatric Rehabilitation Service (VPRS) at The Royal Children’s Hospital on Sunday 6 November. The VPRS is a specialist service that will cater for the complex rehabilitation needs of children and adolescents who have sustained … Continued
To celebrate 10 years of liver transplants at The Royal Children’s Hospital, an anniversary celebration will be held on Sunday 30 October at 11.30am at the hospital. Transplant patients, families, and staff will join with the Minister for Health, the Hon. Bronwyn Pike to celebrate this milestone. Since 1995 when the first liver transplant was … Continued
The Royal Children’s Hospital is helping young boys with Haemophilia to follow their sporting dreams with the launch today of a new sports book, ‘Boys will be boys – A guide to sports participation for people with Haemophilia and other bleeding disorders’, the first of its kind in Australia. The book will be launched at … Continued
Doctors at The Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne have operated on a little boy from Papua New Guinea (PNG) to correct a severe facial deformity. Thanks to the generous support of ROMAC, a program of the Rotary Districts of Australia and New Zealand, and the skills of surgeons and staff at RCH, twenty month old … Continued
The Royal Children’s Hospital Education Institute has launched a new book to assist secondary students with ongoing health conditions. ‘Mapping your Potential’ has been designed as an interactive resource to help students with chronic illnesses juggle their health, social, emotional and educational needs. With engaging illustrations, the book encourages students to find their own methods … Continued
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Australia’s first liver cell transplant has been performed by doctors from The Royal Children’s Hospital and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute in Melbourne. 8-year-old Rama who has a metabolic liver disease became Australia’s first liver cell transplant recipient last week. Healthy human liver cells, harvested from a donor liver, were transfused into Rama’s diseased liver to … Continued
