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    New equipment for intensive care patients

    Posted: October 6, 2022

    The WCH Foundation has purchased a new piece of equipment for patients in the Women’s and Children’s Hospital (WCH) Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) to help them participate in physical activity earlier. The WCH...

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    Mother-infant therapy at Helen Mayo House

    Posted: October 6, 2022

    For Mental Health Awareness Month, we want to thank the amazing team at Helen Mayo House who provide inpatient services for parents who have significant mental health problems in the postnatal period. 23% of...

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    Knitting for teen wellbeing

    Posted: September 20, 2022

    Inpatients in the Women’s and Children’s Hospital Eating Disorder Program are getting crafty to help with their treatment and improve their wellbeing. For patients with eating disorders, undergoing treatment can cause high levels of...

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    Free transport for patients with sickle cell disease

    Posted: August 24, 2022

    The WCH Foundation is providing free transport to patients with sickle cell disease at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital (WCH) to support them in making it to their regular appointments. The WCH Haematology/Oncology Unit...

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    Milestone moments for the tiniest babies

    Posted: August 24, 2022

    Alexandra and Joshua’s baby girl, Charlee, was born at just 23 weeks. The couple’s wedding rings could fit around her arm like a bangle. “Everything was smooth sailing in the pregnancy, we thought that...

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    Music Therapy Service
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    Music Therapy expansion at WCH

    Posted: August 4, 2022

    The WCH Foundation is excited to be growing the Music Therapy service to assist more patients and families under the care of the Women’s and Children’s Hospital (WCH)! In the past 18 months, we’ve...

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    Three brothers with Challenge 21 beanies
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    Challenge 21 is back!

    Posted: August 1, 2022

    Due to the success in its inaugural year, Challenge 21 is back again in 2022! Challenge 21 is inspired by the Roberts Family who have been fundraising for the WCH Foundation for 16 years...

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    Baby Zoe smiling at the Beach House
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    A long-awaited holiday for the Olivier-Goossens family

    Posted: August 1, 2022

    “As you can hear, she’s very happy!” Eva says of her 9-month-old daughter, Zoe, who is giggling away. Zoe has managed to keep a big, brave smile on her face through some tough challenges...

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    Gold standard vision screening for pre-schoolers

    Posted: June 23, 2022

    Child and Family Health Service (CaFHS) provides a key role in the screening of infants and children at over 100 locations across South Australia, from Mount Gambier to Coober Pedy and everywhere in between....

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    Research helping mums sustain breastfeeding

    Posted: June 23, 2022

    Breast milk has unique qualities that can protect babies from ear infections, vomiting, diarrhoea, chest infections, and asthma. However, some mothers of preterm infants can face challenges initiating and sustaining breastfeeding within the Hospital...

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