Surgeons at The Royal Children’s Hospital are performing groundbreaking craniofacial surgery and teaching the new technique to surgeons from around the globe. The operation, dubbed ‘The Melbourne Procedure’, is giving children with severely deformed heads the chance at a normal start to life. RCH craniofacial surgeon Professor Tony Holmes pioneered the surgery and describes it … Continued
A free information kit giving new and expectant parents the power to provide a safer home environment was launched at The Royal Children’s Hospital today by the Child Safety Commissioner. The RCH Safety Centre’s Bringing Baby Home info kit contains comprehensive safety tips on nursery furniture and safe sleeping, kitchen safety, choking and suffocation, fire … Continued
A paediatrician at The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) has urged parents to get themselves and their children immunised against whooping cough. Dr Jenny Royle, who runs the RCH Immunisation Centre, says there’s a whooping cough epidemic in Australia, with babies most at risk. “Whooping cough is a horrible disease. My worry is that for every … Continued
Governor of Victoria Professor David de Kretser AC joined guests at The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) last night to launch a magnificent tapestry in honour of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch
Another record-breaking Good Friday Appeal cheque presentation! GFA Gallery Watch the videos! Another record-breaking Good Friday Appeal cheque presentation! Lewis and Pandora, the faces of the 2009 Good Friday Appeal, performed a final official duty when they presented a record breaking cheque for $13,862,734 to Royal Children’s Hospital chairman Tony Beddison AO. Donors from all … Continued
The Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) escorted Santa to the RCH this morning for the 80th consecutive year. The tradition began in 1928 in the hospital in Pelham Street Carlton when a fireman’s child was sick in the hospital on Christmas Day. His colleagues decided to take Santa to visit the children. This was the beginning … Continued
The Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) escorted Santa to the RCH this morning for the 80th consecutive year. The tradition began in 1928 in the hospital in Pelham Street Carlton when a fireman’s child was sick in the hospital on Christmas Day. His colleagues decided to take Santa to visit the children. This was the beginning … Continued
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Detection of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH) in infants will now be easier, thanks to a unique and innovative education module launched at The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH). The multimedia education module, in DVD format, combines specialised 3D animation, audio and written information to guide maternal and child health nurses, doctors and other clinicians … Continued
Lewis Farrell thanked generous Victorians when he accepted the Good Friday Appeal cheque of $12,482,380 at the hospital on June 27th. Lewis is almost 3 years old, and has just recently uttered his first words after RCH surgeon Rob Berkowitz used a rib graft to reconstruct his larynx. Lewis was admitted to The Royal Children’s … Continued
