RCH Director of Anaesthesia and Pain Management Dr Ian McKenzie has offered positive news, saying the twins’ operation is “progressing fantastically”. Dr McKenzie revealed that the neurosurgical team is still hard at work separating the brains. The plastic surgery team will then separate the final part of the bone. He said that would not be … Continued
Surgery to separate Bangladeshi conjoined twins Trishna and Krishna is planned to take place at The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne next week. A media briefing was held at the RCH at 10.30am today. Now almost three years old, the twins are joined at the head and were brought to Melbourne by Moira Kelly’s Children First … Continued
Herald Sun medical reporter Grant McArthur and photographer Rebecca Michael spent an eye-opening 24 hours in The Royal Children’s Hospital Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). At 4pm Wednesday 4 November, Grant and Rebecca stepped foot in the PICU to witness the wonderful job our nurses do with critically ill patients. They emerged at 4pm on … Continued
The Hon Daniel Andrews, MP, Minister for Health launched a new anti-smoking ad campaign at The Royal Children’s Hospital today. The Quit Victoria campaign, titled ‘Cigarettes are eating you and your kids alive’ urges smokers to consider the health of their children before lighting up. The launch follows the release of new research by the … Continued
Vilisunia Fakalata is eight months old and in desperate need of a liver transplant. He has a rare condition called biliary atresia, which destroys the bile ducts preventing bile flow from the liver to the intestine. His family shared their story with Nine News. Australia has one of the lowest organ donation rates in the … Continued
Patients at The Royal Children’s Hospital enjoyed a special visit from a tiny friend with a big heart yesterday. Koda the miniature pony clip-clopped his way through the corridors to say hello to the children of the orthopaedic ward. One-year-old Koda has dwarfism and weighs only 35kg. Like the patients he visited, Koda’s had a … Continued
The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) celebrated the launch of a new model of care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families today. The Honorable Daniel Andrews MP Minister for Health was a guest at the event. Other special guests included Aboriginal community elders Aunty Joy Murphy, who gave the welcome to country, … Continued
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
