Media Releases

Biggest User Group of RCH have concerns with New Hospital Plans

Issues raised in today’s The Age and on programs such as Jon Faine on ABC 774, regarding the level of patient care at the current and proposed RCH, mirror the concerns of the biggest user group of the RCH – children with heart disease.

Little Hearts A Focus this Valentine’s Day

All around Australia, people are thinking about Valentine’s Day on February 14 …. but for HeartKids it’s ‘Zippa Day’, a chance to celebrate a different kind of ‘affair of the heart’.

Children Give HeartKids a Hand at Christmas

This time last year, 18 month old Eli was in hospital recovering from surgery to implant a permanent pacemaker. This Sunday, 16 December, Eli will be celebrating with more than 230 other children at the HeartKids Christmas Party.

HeartKids Enjoy New RCH Ward

A visit to hospital is never much fun, but children with cardiac conditions now have a much brighter, more spacious ward to call home when they visit the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne.