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COVID-19 information

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Appointments

RCH launches new drive-through immunisation service

To help make it easier for families to access important childhood immunisations during the COVID-19 pandemic, the RCH has launched a new drive-through immunisation service.

Click here for more information

RCH Child Health Poll

The latest findings reveal Australian families have found some positives in the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Click here for more information.

Translated COVID-19 resources

The RCH has made key information about COVID-19 available in a number of community languages, including العربية Arabic, 简体中文 Chinese, हिन Hindi, ਪੰਜਾ Punjabi, Somali and tiếng_Việt Vietnamese.

Click here to view the translated resources

Help patients like Aleacia during the COVID-19 pandemic

With your support patients can keep connected with their schools, classmates and teachers, ensuring their learning doesn't stop, even while they're in hospital.

Click here to donate.

My RCH Portal: Your record at your fingertips

Click here to learn more or sign up

Good Friday Appeal

It’s been another record breaking Good Friday Appeal, raising $18,200,000 for The Royal Children’s Hospital!

Click here to read more.

Celebration of RCH turning 150 years old

For 150 years, The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) has provided world-leading care to Victoria’s sickest and most vulnerable children and young people.

Click here to read about the history.

Kids Health Info

Kids Health Info is dedicated to providing quality, up-to-date paediatric health information that you can depend on. Over 300 factsheets on topics that are important to you and your child, it’s free and available 24-hours a day, when and where you need it.

Click here to access the Kids Health Info fact sheets

Travel a long way to get to the RCH?

The RCH offers telehealth video-consultation for families from rural and regional Victoria or interstate. Usually, this is for known patients for follow-up appointments. This can be in your home or with your local doctor.

Click here to find out more.

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RCH launches new drive-through immunisation service

To help make it easier for families to access important childhood immunisations during the COVID-19 pandemic, the RCH has launched a new drive-through immunisation service.

Click here for more information

RCH Child Health Poll

The latest findings reveal Australian families have found some positives in the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Click here for more information.

Translated COVID-19 resources

Click here to view the translated resources

Help patients like Aleacia during the COVID-19 pandemic

With your support patients can keep connected with their schools, classmates and teachers, ensuring their learning doesn't stop, even while they're in hospital.

Click here to donate.

My RCH Portal: Your record at your fingertips

Click here to learn more or sign up

Good Friday Appeal

It’s been another record breaking Good Friday Appeal, raising $18,200,000 for The Royal Children’s Hospital!

Click here to read more.

Celebration of RCH turning 150 years old

For 150 years, The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) has provided world-leading care to Victoria’s sickest and most vulnerable children and young people.

Click here to read about the history.

Kids Health Info

Click here to access the Kids Health Info fact sheets

Travel a long way to get to the RCH?

Click here to find out more.

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Your guide to the RCH

Kids health information

Clinical practice guidelines

My RCH
Portal

Translated resources - COVID-19 Telehealth appointments Your guide to the RCH Children’s health information Clinical practice guidelines My RCH Portal

Emergency Department status

View the Emergency Department status page for a real time guide to how busy we are.

Celebrating 150 years in 2020

Visit the RCH150 website.

Emergency Department status

View the Emergency Department status page for a real time guide to how busy we are.

Celebrating 150 years in 2020

Visit the RCH150 website.

Archives and collections

Take a walk through time as we move through the hospital’s beginnings, growth, and innovations since its inception.

Archives and collections

Take a walk through time as we move through the hospital’s beginnings, growth, and innovations since its inception.

Archives and collections

Take a walk through time as we move through the hospital’s beginnings, growth, and innovations since its inception.

RCH News

- R U OK? Day: Mental health resources and support
  Today is R U OK? Day, an important day to start a conversation about mental health. Click through for a range of support services and resources to help you and your child through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The little girl named after the surgeon who saved her life
  At just 20 weeks pregnant, first-time parents Bea and Paul were faced with the terrifying news that something was not right with their baby’s heart.
- Drive-through jabs to help keep families on track
  Families are putting off important routine childhood immunisations during the COVID-19 pandemic, the latest findings from The RCH National Child Health Poll has found.
- Caring for every Victorian newborn baby’s hearing during the COVID-19 pandemic
  The Centre for Community Child Health’s Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program (VIHSP) has successfully adapted its operations to ensure babies continue to receive the best chance of normal speech and language development despite challenges posted by COVID-19.
- Bendigo toddler thriving one year after having leg amputated
  Leonardo Htoo Doe was only 16 months old when he went through a life-changing operation.
- A new shared electronic medical record for Parkville
  A new shared electronic medical record (EMR) system is now up and running across The Royal Children’s Hospital, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Royal Women’s Hospital and Royal Melbourne.
- Update on the RCH Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  The RCH’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit has resumed normal services.
- DonateLife Week: Evie’s second chance
  Evie’s family will never forget being told their six-year-old daughter would die if she did not have a liver transplant within 48 hours.
- A statement from The Royal Children’s Hospital
  The RCH is Victoria’s dedicated paediatric pandemic hospital and our team – like all Victorian hospitals – have prepared ourselves to respond to increased case numbers and outbreaks.
- He’s been wearing a mask for 30 years. This is what he wants you to know
  How do you express a smile when half of your face is hidden? It’s a question confronting many Melburnians living in an unfamiliar new masked reality, where the go-to gesture for putting one another at ease suddenly feels so obstructed.

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RCH News

R U OK? Day: Mental health resources and support
Today is R U OK? Day, an important day to start a conversation about mental health. Click through for a range of support services and resources to help you and your child through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The little girl named after the surgeon who saved her life
At just 20 weeks pregnant, first-time parents Bea and Paul were faced with the terrifying news that something was not right with their baby’s heart.
Drive-through jabs to help keep families on track
Families are putting off important routine childhood immunisations during the COVID-19 pandemic, the latest findings from The RCH National Child Health Poll has found.
Caring for every Victorian newborn baby’s hearing during the COVID-19 pandemic
The Centre for Community Child Health’s Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program (VIHSP) has successfully adapted its operations to ensure babies continue to receive the best chance of normal speech and language development despite challenges posted by COVID-19.
Bendigo toddler thriving one year after having leg amputated
Leonardo Htoo Doe was only 16 months old when he went through a life-changing operation.
A new shared electronic medical record for Parkville
A new shared electronic medical record (EMR) system is now up and running across The Royal Children’s Hospital, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Royal Women’s Hospital and Royal Melbourne.
Update on the RCH Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
The RCH’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit has resumed normal services.
DonateLife Week: Evie’s second chance
Evie’s family will never forget being told their six-year-old daughter would die if she did not have a liver transplant within 48 hours.
A statement from The Royal Children’s Hospital
The RCH is Victoria’s dedicated paediatric pandemic hospital and our team – like all Victorian hospitals – have prepared ourselves to respond to increased case numbers and outbreaks.
He’s been wearing a mask for 30 years. This is what he wants you to know
How do you express a smile when half of your face is hidden? It’s a question confronting many Melburnians living in an unfamiliar new masked reality, where the go-to gesture for putting one another at ease suddenly feels so obstructed.

Support Us

- Help patients like Aleacia during the COVID-19 pandemic
  With your support patients can keep connected with their schools, classmates and teachers, ensuring their learning doesn't stop, even while they're in hospital.
- Support care at the RCH during its 150th year
  “Never underestimate the impact your generosity has on how we continue to deliver excellent clinical care every day.” -Associate Professor Tom Connell, Chief of Medicine.

The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne

COVID-19 information

Appointments

RCH launches new drive-through immunisation service

RCH Child Health Poll

Translated COVID-19 resources

Help patients like Aleacia during the COVID-19 pandemic

My RCH Portal: Your record at your fingertips

Good Friday Appeal

Celebration of RCH turning 150 years old

Kids Health Info

Travel a long way to get to the RCH?

RCH launches new drive-through immunisation service

RCH Child Health Poll

Translated COVID-19 resources

Help patients like Aleacia during the COVID-19 pandemic

My RCH Portal: Your record at your fingertips

Good Friday Appeal

Celebration of RCH turning 150 years old

Kids Health Info

Travel a long way to get to the RCH?

Emergency Department status

Celebrating 150 years in 2020

Emergency Department status

Celebrating 150 years in 2020

Archives and collections

Archives and collections

Archives and collections

The Royal Children's Hospital

The Royal Children's Hospital