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    Records broken at Golden Angels High Tea

    Posted: January 30, 2020

    Amazing records were broken at the Golden Angels fourth High Tea on Sunday 10 November 2019. The first record to fall was the attendance figure with close to 1000 people at the event. The...

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    Donating to the WCH Foundation this Christmas

    Posted: November 26, 2019

    The festive season is well upon us and at this time of year the wonderful South Australian community are incredibly generous in their donation of presents to children in the Women’s and Children’s Hospital....

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    Pop-up exhibition: The good, the beautiful and the true

    Posted: November 25, 2019

    Whilst learning about students’ experiences at the Hospital School, Cabra Year 10 Fashion Design class was given the brief to create a textile design to be printed and sewn into scarves. These scarves are...

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    The meaning of ‘Laklinyeri’

    Posted: October 14, 2019

    Women’s & Children’s Hospital Foundation CEO Jane Scotcher shares the journey of the WCH Foundation Beach House’s Aboriginal name – Laklinyeri (Lak-in-yeri). As part of the Beach House project the Foundation wanted to build...

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    Aboriginal women share their bush medicine knowledge in upcoming art exhibition

    Posted: October 14, 2019

    For the first time in the Women’s and Children’s Hospital an exhibition of paintings is on show as part of Tarnanthi – an internationally acclaimed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts festival. The WCH...

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    Jordan Lambropoulos: then and now

    Posted: October 11, 2019

    When Jordan Lambropoulos walks into the Women’s and Children’s Hospital on her midwifery placement it is an exciting milestone to mark the completion of her first year of university. However, this isn’t the only...

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    Play Therapist team expanded

    Posted: October 11, 2019

    Children receiving treatment in the Hospital’s Medical Day Unit (MDU) and Renal Dialysis Unit (RDU) now have support from a Play Therapist for the very first time. In mid-2019, Jessica joined the Play Therapy...

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    WCH Foundation assists launch of program for chronic pain patients

    Posted: October 10, 2019

    A program developed in the United States that teaches children with chronic pain and their families techniques to better manage pain has recently launched at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital with the support of...

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    Meet our 2019 Super Dad winners

    Posted: September 13, 2019

    While reading the Super Dad nominations, staff at the Women’s & Children’s Hospital Foundation and Charlesworth Nuts were truly moved by the family stories received, and the love and support Super Dads give. They...

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    Kirsteen Calder – honouring Georgia, a ray of sunshine

    Posted: September 4, 2019

    The Georgia Pyman Fund was established by her loved ones to raise much-needed funds for the paediatric palliative care service at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Georgia was diagnosed with congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) while...

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