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
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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