News

Latest news from Monash Health Foundation

Monash Children’s Hospital Walk breaks fundraising record!

The stormy skies couldn’t keep more than 1400 participants away from Jells Park on Sunday 7 May for the 12th annual Monash Children’s Hospital Walk.  This year, participants helped raise over $650,000 for the Monash Children’s Hospital Gait Lab.  The Gait Lab forms part of a state-wide Victorian Paediatric Rehabilitation Service designed to improve the

Victorian Heart Hospital treats first patient

On March 2nd, Alistair was at his office washing his lunch dishes, when he collapsed, sustained a head injury and was unconscious.   He was rushed to Monash Heart at Monash Medical Centre, Clayton where he regained consciousness, and learnt that he had experienced a cardiac event and had also sustained multiple injuries when he collapsed

REGISTER NOW! Walk for Monash Children’s Hospital 2023

We’re so excited to invite you along to the 11th annual Monash Children’s Hospital walk at Jells Park on Sunday 7 May 2023.  Children and patients are able to participate in the 1km course, or a 5km option for those wanting a bit of a challenge! Whether you’re walking in memory of someone special, in

‘MCH @ Home’ paves the way for better patient outcomes

Thanks to a national partnership with the Curing Homesickness Alliance, Monash Children’s Hospital’s “MCH@Home” program is going to receive 100% of funds raised via Coles stores Victoria wide, through their latest $2 donation card campaign. For 12 year old Brooke, the “MCH@Home” program means that she doesn’t need to spend as much time in the

Khing’s NICU journey

When David and Annie recited their vows in early October 2022, they were excited to head off on one last trip as a twosome, before their baby boy was due to arrive in a few months’ time.  Despite feeling a little off on their wedding day, Annie pushed through thinking that she was just experiencing

Monash Children’s Hospital doctors ride 1000km for babies and kids in hospital

This March, 3 dedicated doctors from Monash Children’s Hospital will head off on a gruelling 1000km ride through the South Island of New Zealand to raise funds for new cardiorespiratory monitoring equipment to care for premature and unwell babies at the Casey Campus of MCH.   Funds raised will also go to the Starlight Foundation, who

65km for Cystic Fibrosis

The annual ’65km for Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is on again in 2023. This 6.5km to 65km endurance walk or run around Princes Park and Royal Park in Melbourne on Saturday March 18 will raise essential funds for CF research. Cystic fibrosis is a chronic inherited condition that affects the lungs and digestive system. There are