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    The Bridget Claire McCartan Scholarship

    Posted: August 7, 2023

    The WCH Foundation is proud to be able to award Newland Ward nurses at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital (WCH) with a professional development opportunity each year thanks to the generous support of the...

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    Program, WCH,

    Public art in the Women’s and Children’s Hospital

    Posted: July 28, 2023

    Our Arts in Health program brightens areas of the Women’s and Children’s Hospital (WCH) through public artworks and art installations to improve the health and wellbeing of the Hospital community. Two artists have been...

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    Community Wills Day
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    2023 Community Wills Day

    Posted: July 21, 2023

    In May 2023, we held our second annual Community Wills Day event where members of our community came together to have a legally valid Will written, whilst also raising money for a cause close...

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    Care, Supporters, WCH,

    New toys for Allied Health patients

    Posted: July 20, 2023

    Walking into her Speech Pathology appointment, 3-year-old Elysia was met with a room filled with brand-new toys. Speech Pathology Assistant, Karen Sowton, uses them as a way to act out scenarios, ask questions and...

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    Safe and effective dosing of antibiotics in neonates – a Goldilocks story

    Posted: May 31, 2023

    Neonatal sepsis is an infection occurring in newborn babies with potentially devastating consequences. The Flemings understand these consequences better than most, losing one of their twin daughters, Isla, to neonatal sepsis shortly after cardiac...

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    Care, Program,

    Charlie’s Beach House holiday

    Posted: May 18, 2023

    12-year-old Charlie has congenital muscular dystrophy, scoliosis and hip dysplasia. For many children like Charlie who use wheelchairs for mobility, finding a place to stay for a family holiday that meets their needs can...

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    Care, Program, WCH,

    Creating Percy’s forever smile

    Posted: May 11, 2023

    Babies born with cleft lip and/or palate in South Australia now have access to the gold standard of care in the lead-up to surgery thanks to a new moulding service at the Women’s and...

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    Hospital Community, Program,

    Family time for Marcus at the Beach House

    Posted: May 2, 2023

    2-year-old Marcus is under the care of the Paediatric Palliative Care Service at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital. He and his family were invited to stay at our Laklinyeri Beach House – a medically...

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    Events, Supporters,

    Give a little, change a lot

    Posted: April 27, 2023

    In the first quarter of 2023, we have had three major campaigns running with some of our wonderful corporate partners in stores across South Australia and the Northern Territory. We’d like to say a...

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    Projects, WCH,

    New mural shines bright for patients and families at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital

    Posted: April 6, 2023

    We celebrated the launch of our extraordinary new 30-metre window mural at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital (WCH)! The WCH is now home to a new extraordinary public art piece, the Mirdilyayanthi window mural,...

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