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Is it okay to smack a child?
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.
New kids iPad app puts RCH art on the map
The RCH has squeezed its well known artwork, including 14 metre tall sculpture ‘Creature’, into a compact iPad app.
Masterchef judges offer patients a fresh outlook
MasterChef judges George Calombaris and Gary Mehigan show RCH patients how food gets from garden to plate.
Button batteries dangerous for children
RCH surgeons say a button battery lodged in a child’s oesophagus is a surgical emergency.
GFA cheque handover
The Good Friday Appeal presented the RCH with an enormous cheque to the tune of $16.4 million.
Life is a miracle for Sarah
Four years of research led doctors to uncover why Sarah Innes was the first person in Australia born without a pancreas.
UV a light at the end of the tunnel for Minni
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.
RCH lobbies for ban on quad bikes
An increase in paediatric quad bike injuries is prompting a new safety awareness campaign and improved regulation.
RCH Opinion: Quad bikes are unsafe for children
RCH Intensive Care Unit Deputy Director, Associate Professor Trevor Duke, explains why quad bikes require minimum-age and helmet legislation.