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COVID-19 information

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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

COVID-19

The RCH is currently restricting visitors to parents or guardians only, siblings and other children cannot attend at this time. This is to protect our patients and staff.

Click here for more information about COVID-19.

Support vital care during COVID-19

You can ensure RCH patients continue to receive vital care during COVID-19 by donating to the RCH Foundation Tax Appeal.

Click here to donate.

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.

RCH Child Health Poll

Did you know that the liquid in e-cigarettes can be made by anyone, contain anything and be sold anywhere?

Click here for more information.

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.

My RCH Portal: Your record at your fingertips

Click here to learn more or sign up

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Translated COVID-19 resources

Click here to view the translated resources

COVID-19

The RCH is currently restricting visitors to parents or guardians only, siblings and other children cannot attend at this time. This is to protect our patients and staff.

Click here for more information about COVID-19.

Support vital care during COVID-19

You can ensure RCH patients continue to receive vital care during COVID-19 by donating to the RCH Foundation Tax Appeal.

Click here to donate.

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.

RCH Child Health Poll

Did you know that the liquid in e-cigarettes can be made by anyone, contain anything and be sold anywhere?

Click here for more information.

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.

My RCH Portal: Your record at your fingertips

Click here to learn more or sign up

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Your guide to the RCH

Kids health information

Clinical practice guidelines

My RCH
Portal

Translated resources - COVID-19 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

- Food allergy emergency presentations double in 10 years
  Victorian children requiring emergency care for symptoms of food allergy almost doubled in 10 years from 2005 to 2015, a study by The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute has shown.
- Congratulations to the RCH Transition Support Service!
  The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) Transition Support Service has been recognised nationally as setting the benchmark for excellence in healthcare, receiving the inaugural Exemplar Award from the Australian Commission of Safety and Quality Healthcare.
- World Retinoblastoma Week: Zoe Reid
  At just 18-months old, little Zoe Reid was diagnosed with retinoblastoma after RCH ophthalmologists discovered a cancerous tumour in her right eye.
- International Nurses Day: Our team shares why they wanted to become nurses
  As we celebrate International Nurses Day tomorrow, we visited nurses on our Sugar Glider, Cockatoo and Koala wards to find out why they wanted to become nurses.
- Translated COVID-19 resources
  The RCH has made key information about COVID-19 available in a number of community languages, including Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Somali, Punjabi, Hindi and Vietnamese.
- Wild Koala Day: Meet Ruby
  May 3 is Wild Koala Day and an important day to recognise the conservation of one of our most iconic Australian animals and their habitat. To mark this this day we visited our own Koala ward to meet six-year-old Ruby.
- Staying safe at home
  The home is the most common place for children to be injured, and with kids currently spending more time at home than usual, many parents may be considering how to make their child’s environment as safe as possible.
- The Booster Tag
  The RCH has worked with RACV and TAC on a new tag on children’s clothing, helping parents identify when it may be the right time to take their child out of a booster seat.
- 2020 Good Friday Appeal raises an incredible $18,200,000!
  It’s been another record breaking Good Friday Appeal, raising $18,200,000 for The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)! This was the first time in almost nine decades that the hospital was quiet on Good Friday, and it was the right thing to do.
- Up to the challenge – Harry thrives after surgeries
  When Harry Munro started prep this year, it wasn’t the playground or the school books that excited him. It was another child who had a scar just like his.

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RCH News

Food allergy emergency presentations double in 10 years
Victorian children requiring emergency care for symptoms of food allergy almost doubled in 10 years from 2005 to 2015, a study by The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute has shown.
Congratulations to the RCH Transition Support Service!
The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) Transition Support Service has been recognised nationally as setting the benchmark for excellence in healthcare, receiving the inaugural Exemplar Award from the Australian Commission of Safety and Quality Healthcare.
World Retinoblastoma Week: Zoe Reid
At just 18-months old, little Zoe Reid was diagnosed with retinoblastoma after RCH ophthalmologists discovered a cancerous tumour in her right eye.
International Nurses Day: Our team shares why they wanted to become nurses
As we celebrate International Nurses Day tomorrow, we visited nurses on our Sugar Glider, Cockatoo and Koala wards to find out why they wanted to become nurses.
Translated COVID-19 resources
The RCH has made key information about COVID-19 available in a number of community languages, including Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Somali, Punjabi, Hindi and Vietnamese.
Wild Koala Day: Meet Ruby
May 3 is Wild Koala Day and an important day to recognise the conservation of one of our most iconic Australian animals and their habitat. To mark this this day we visited our own Koala ward to meet six-year-old Ruby.
Staying safe at home
The home is the most common place for children to be injured, and with kids currently spending more time at home than usual, many parents may be considering how to make their child’s environment as safe as possible.
The Booster Tag
The RCH has worked with RACV and TAC on a new tag on children’s clothing, helping parents identify when it may be the right time to take their child out of a booster seat.
2020 Good Friday Appeal raises an incredible $18,200,000!
It’s been another record breaking Good Friday Appeal, raising $18,200,000 for The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)! This was the first time in almost nine decades that the hospital was quiet on Good Friday, and it was the right thing to do.
Up to the challenge – Harry thrives after surgeries
When Harry Munro started prep this year, it wasn’t the playground or the school books that excited him. It was another child who had a scar just like his.

Support Us

- Donate today and support vital care during COVID-19
  Your generosity is essential in ensuring world-leading care for our most vulnerable patients does not stop.
- Support the RCH Apheresis Service.
  Donate today and support Australia’s first paediatric Apheresis Service. Through your support, patients with blood cancers and blood disorders can access innovative new therapies with life-saving potential.

The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne

COVID-19 information

Translated COVID-19 resources

COVID-19

Support vital care during COVID-19

Good Friday Appeal

RCH Child Health Poll

Celebration of RCH turning 150 years old

Kids Health Info

Travel a long way to get to the RCH?

My RCH Portal: Your record at your fingertips

Translated COVID-19 resources

COVID-19

Support vital care during COVID-19

Good Friday Appeal

RCH Child Health Poll

Celebration of RCH turning 150 years old

Kids Health Info

Travel a long way to get to the RCH?

My RCH Portal: Your record at your fingertips

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