A $430,000 funding boost from the State Government has led to the expansion of allergy and immunology services at the RCH. The two services have merged to become the Allergy and Immunology Department. Health Minister Bronwyn Pike, RCH Executive members and special guests helped officially launch the new Department on Monday 8 May. The extra … Continued
Surgeons at The Royal Children’s Hospital and Monash Medical Centre wish to contact patients from the past 25 years who had a particular kind of surgery to enlarge their bladder. The operation, called bladder augmentation with bowel, involves using a piece of the patient’s own bowel to enlarge the bladder. It has been performed at … Continued
Sir Gustav Nossal launched a new research centre at The Royal Children’s Hospital on Wednesday 8 March 2006 Solve! at the RCH is an initiative of The Royal Children’s Hospital and the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute. It aims to research causes and improve outcomes for children with disabilities and will bring together families and the … Continued
Twelve year old Natasha Corbett was among the first children to benefit from a world-class paediatric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) centre, officially opened at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital on Sunday 26 February. Two new machines at the $14 million Children’s MRI Centre – a joint project of the RCH and the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute … Continued
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
