Maxi is a patient at The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH). He is just two years old and has a mystery illness. Maxi’s team of doctors at the RCH are working tirelessly to find a diagnosis, a search that’s now gone global. This is a moving letter of thanks from Maxi to his doctors.
Of all vaccine preventable diseases, influenza is the leading cause of hospitalisation among Australian children under five years of age.
Professor Frank Oberklaid believes the call from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians to scrap the legal defence for physically disciplining children is a timely one.
The RCH has squeezed its well known artwork, including 14 metre tall sculpture ‘Creature’, into a compact iPad app.
MasterChef judges George Calombaris and Gary Mehigan show RCH patients how food gets from garden to plate.
RCH surgeons say a button battery lodged in a child’s oesophagus is a surgical emergency.
The Good Friday Appeal presented the RCH with an enormous cheque to the tune of $16.4 million.
Four years of research led doctors to uncover why Sarah Innes was the first person in Australia born without a pancreas.
After spending 600 days in The Royal Children’s Hospital, two-year-old Minni Anstee is hoping that a new treatment will send her home.
An increase in paediatric quad bike injuries is prompting a new safety awareness campaign and improved regulation.
