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Long wait for new heart

The heart is the linchpin of life, but slowly and quietly in the first weeks after Ellie Martin was born, hers began to come undone. This is the story of her 400-day wait for a second chance at life. Don’t worry, it has a happy ending.

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Little Dougie amazes his doctors

Born with a rare condition where his mouth was not connected to his stomach, little Dougie Christie faced a childhood filled with complications but after a hugely successful Royal Children’s Hospital surgery, the 15-month-old is fully enjoying life.

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Caring for international patients

The RCH offers specialist care to international patients that can give children and adolescents the chance at a healthy life.

Click here to read about our International Patient Program.

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.

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My RCH Portal: Your record at your fingertips

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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

Preventing colds: knowing what works

The latest RCH National Child Health Poll found 13% of parents give their child antibiotics to prevent a cold and only 24% of parents know that a preschool aged child has at least 6 colds a year.

Click here for more findings, as well as tips and advice for parents

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Long wait for new heart

Click here to read the full Herald Sun story

Little Dougie amazes his doctors

Click here to read the full story.

Caring for international patients

The RCH offers specialist care to international patients that can give children and adolescents the chance at a healthy life.

Click here to read about our International Patient Program.

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

Kids Health Info

Click here to access the Kids Health Info fact sheets

Preventing colds: knowing what works

The latest RCH National Child Health Poll found 13% of parents give their child antibiotics to prevent a cold and only 24% of parents know that a preschool aged child has at least 6 colds a year.

Click here for more findings, as well as tips and advice for parents

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Your guide to the RCH

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Emergency Department status

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

Emergency Department status

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

About The Royal Children's Hospital

We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.

RCH News

- Little Dougie amazes his doctors after vital surgeries to help him eat normally
  Born with a rare condition where his mouth was not connected to his stomach, little Dougie Christie faced a childhood filled with complications but after a hugely successful Royal Children’s Hospital surgery, the 15-month-old is fully enjoying life.
- Long wait for new heart
  The heart is the linchpin of life, but slowly and quietly in the first weeks after Ellie Martin was born, hers began to come undone. This is the story of her 400-day wait for a second chance at life. Don’t worry, it has a happy ending.
- Surgeons remodel skulls of boys born with rare disorder
  As soon as Sarah Hocking saw her third son born, she knew his first year of life was going to take a slight deviation.
- Paving the way
  We’re so proud of Assoc. Prof Michelle Telfer, Director Gender Service at the RCH, for having her personal story published in the latest edition of The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health.
- Brave Sam’s long road back after the accident that left him quadriplegic
  It took all the concentration he could muster, but the first words Sam Farnsworth chose to “type” with his eyes since being left a quadriplegic in a car accident, was; “I love you Mum”.
- 2019 Good Friday Appeal raises an incredible $18,175,467!
  It’s been another record-breaking Good Friday Appeal, raising an outstanding $18,175,467 for The Royal Children’s Hospital!
- Kit keeps fighting the good fight
  All eyes are on baby Kit McClymont, as his parents pour all their strength into his recovery as they rewrite their story of heartbreak. Parents Sammy and Nathan lost Kit's twin brother Noah after his first week of life.
- 11th National Bioethics Conference now calling for abstracts
  This year the 11th National Bioethics Conference will explore these challenges and the impact they have on healthcare – under the title ‘Respecting different perspectives’.We are now inviting submissions of abstracts for oral presentations - standard papers or de-identified case studies.
- Double trouble
  Siblings Harriet and Franklin have both been patients at the RCH after experiencing very different emergencies. Nine month old Harriet gave her parents a scare this month after she suffered from a 90-minute long seizure while older brother, Franklin went into heart failure only weeks after birth.
- Max Block has received the gift of life twice from his mum
  Max has received the gift of life twice from his mum. After his mum Kylee was told Max would one day need a kidney transplant following a diagnosis at birth, she decided to donate her own, strengthening the bond she already had with her son.

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RCH News

Little Dougie amazes his doctors after vital surgeries to help him eat normally
Born with a rare condition where his mouth was not connected to his stomach, little Dougie Christie faced a childhood filled with complications but after a hugely successful Royal Children’s Hospital surgery, the 15-month-old is fully enjoying life.
Long wait for new heart
The heart is the linchpin of life, but slowly and quietly in the first weeks after Ellie Martin was born, hers began to come undone. This is the story of her 400-day wait for a second chance at life. Don’t worry, it has a happy ending.
Surgeons remodel skulls of boys born with rare disorder
As soon as Sarah Hocking saw her third son born, she knew his first year of life was going to take a slight deviation.
Paving the way
We’re so proud of Assoc. Prof Michelle Telfer, Director Gender Service at the RCH, for having her personal story published in the latest edition of The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health.
Brave Sam’s long road back after the accident that left him quadriplegic
It took all the concentration he could muster, but the first words Sam Farnsworth chose to “type” with his eyes since being left a quadriplegic in a car accident, was; “I love you Mum”.
2019 Good Friday Appeal raises an incredible $18,175,467!
It’s been another record-breaking Good Friday Appeal, raising an outstanding $18,175,467 for The Royal Children’s Hospital!
Kit keeps fighting the good fight
All eyes are on baby Kit McClymont, as his parents pour all their strength into his recovery as they rewrite their story of heartbreak. Parents Sammy and Nathan lost Kit's twin brother Noah after his first week of life.
11th National Bioethics Conference now calling for abstracts
This year the 11th National Bioethics Conference will explore these challenges and the impact they have on healthcare – under the title ‘Respecting different perspectives’.We are now inviting submissions of abstracts for oral presentations - standard papers or de-identified case studies.
Double trouble
Siblings Harriet and Franklin have both been patients at the RCH after experiencing very different emergencies. Nine month old Harriet gave her parents a scare this month after she suffered from a 90-minute long seizure while older brother, Franklin went into heart failure only weeks after birth.
Max Block has received the gift of life twice from his mum
Max has received the gift of life twice from his mum. After his mum Kylee was told Max would one day need a kidney transplant following a diagnosis at birth, she decided to donate her own, strengthening the bond she already had with her son.

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The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne

Long wait for new heart

Little Dougie amazes his doctors

Caring for international patients

Travel a long way to get to the RCH?

My RCH Portal: Your record at your fingertips

Kids Health Info

Preventing colds: knowing what works

Long wait for new heart

Little Dougie amazes his doctors

Caring for international patients

Travel a long way to get to the RCH?

My RCH Portal: Your record at your fingertips

Kids Health Info

Preventing colds: knowing what works

Emergency Department status

Emergency Department status

About The Royal Children's Hospital

The Royal Children's Hospital

The Royal Children's Hospital