Acquiring the most advanced equipment and technology is essential to achieving the best outcomes for patients. Below are just some of the projects the community has helped fund through the Good Friday Appeal, thanks to your support.
The RCH is home to the Hugh Williamson Gait Laboratory, a state-of-the-art facility for the assessment and analysis of walking disorders in children.
Thanks to funding from the Good Friday Appeal, the RCH was the first paediatric hospital in Australia to have a machine enables surgeons to perform MRI scans during brain surgery.
For premature babies or infants in critical care, maintaining body temperature in critical. Thanks to the Good Friday Appeal, new and improved infant warmers will be used in critical care units.
Thanks to the Good Friday Appeal, The Royal Children’s Hospital is establishing its first Digital Command Centre.
Thanks to community support through the Good Friday Appeal, The Royal Children’s Hospital is now home to a state of the art Nuclear Medicine SPECT/CT Machine, a first for the children of Victoria.
The Royal Children’s Hospital has become the first paediatric hospital in the southern hemisphere to install powerful MR PET scanning technology.
The newest addition to The Royal Children’s Hospital: 48 Flemington Road.
The demand for The Royal Children Hospital’s world leading physiotherapy services increases every year and The Royal Children’s Hospital pool is the centrepiece of the Aquatic Physiotherapy program.