The first donation for this financial year from the Australian Professional Firefighters Foundation (APFF) was completed with all selected items recently handover to the hospital.

The Friends have set a goal to raise sufficient funds to purchase a Cough Assist machine that can be loaned to children and families to trial when their respiratory function has declined to the point of requiring respiratory support.

How exciting to see the handover of a Phototherapy Unit by our Inaugural Corporate Partner, Bartley Partners Accounting. The unit, which was donated by the Managing Partner Christopher Overton and his team, was presented to Pauline, Nursing/Midwifery Unit Manager, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, WCH.

When Council has selected items, Adrian Richards from Biomedical Engineering within the Hospital, then sources a supplier which can provide the most suitable items at the best price.

Thank you to all those that purchased the Entertainment Memberships last year either online or from the Volunteer Shops located at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital.

The ability to support a child at home with a ventilator means that they can be discharged from hospital earlier, with all of the benefits that come from them being back in their familiar surroundings.

The Friends are pleased to be supporting the purchase of the updated equipment for the hospital’s Telehealth Conference room.

The beautiful gardens of Carrick Hill provided the ideal backdrop for the Queen Victoria Auxiliary Morning tea. The 200 guests enjoyed a welcome glass of champagne whilst listening to the String Duet.

The wind chills in Adelaide didn’t stop around 340 attendees from having a good time at the Queen Victoria Auxiliary’s ‘Book Club’ film night.

Yet another successful year of fundraising by the Friends for the 2017/18 financial year has resulted in the handover of more equipment to the Women’s and Children’s Hospital.

Recently, the Queen Victoria Auxiliary Division of The Friends of Women’s and Children’s Hospital presented a Syringe Pump Docking Station, five Foetal Doppler Monitors and four Incubator Scales to Phil Robinson, Executive Director of Corporate Services and other WCH staff members.

The Friends were pleased to welcome Associate Professor Belinda Lange at the recent Auxiliary Divisions Region 1 Conference held at the WCH. Professor Lange spoke about the Virtual Reality (VR) program current being trialled in the Medical Day Unit.