Author: Clare Ennis

Countdown Kicks Off Children’s Hospital Appeal!

Countdown and Wellington Children's Hospital staff present the cheque

Countdown Kids Hospital Appeal donates $80,000 to NEW Wellington Regional Children’s Hospital Equipment Fund Wellington Hospitals Foundation’s “All Brand New” Medical Equipment Fund got off to a great start this morning with the Wellington Countdown Stores presenting a cheque for $80,0000 for the New Wellington Regional Children’s Hospital.  This is the first major donation to… Read more »

Recycle your mobile phone and support our New Wellington Children’s Hospital!

Hospi with some donated phones

  Recycle your old phones and support our New Wellington Regional Children’s Hospital! You can now recycle your old mobile phones, whilst supporting the New Children’s Hospital Equipment Fund. Drop off your old mobile phones (in any condition) to: Main Reception, Atrium, Wellington Regional Hospital. Or, Recycling for Charity, 1 King Charles Drive, Upper Hutt…. Read more »

New children’s hospital build begins!

Wellington Children's Hospital patient Eddie presents Mark Dunajtschik with a gift

Ceremony marks the start of New Wellington Regional Children’s Hospital construction. Wellington Hospitals Foundation and Hospi were delighted to be at the Mauri stone-laying ceremony, held at Wellington Regional Hospital today, to mark the start of the construction of our New Wellington Regional Children’s Hospital.   The 7000-square metre, three-storey new children’s hospital is expected… Read more »

Wellington Regional Children’s Hospital Street Appeal 2019!

Street appeal volunteers with Hospi!

Wellington Regional Children’s Hospital 2019 Street Appeal is coming! It will be held on Friday 23rd August, and we need your help… Every year, over 300 members of the greater Wellington community come together to line the streets and show their support for Wellington Children’s Hospital. You can also guarantee that Hospi will be at… Read more »

A new piece of equipment for Wellington’s Emergency Department

Dr Andre Cromhout

Thanks to the Foundation’s supporters, Wellington Regional Hospital’s Emergency Department now has a brand new ‘Videolaryngoscope’. What is a Videolaryngoscope?     A ‘Videolaryngoscope’ is a piece of equipment which is used to help intubate patients (place a tube into the throat to help a patient breathe or to administer drugs). The ‘Videolaryngoscope’ uses a… Read more »

Walk Through the Heart of the City!

Join us and ‘Walk Through the Heart of the City’ on Saturday 17th November to raise funds for Wellington Regional Hospital’s Heart & Lung Unit. This year, walk to build a stronger heart unit for Wellington Regional Hospital.  All funds raised will go towards upgrading the patient lounge in the Heart & Lung Unit. Go… Read more »

Will you leave a legacy?

Maurice, with Trish Lee (Bequest Manager) visiting the Wellington Hospital ED department to view the Portable Ultrasound Machine he would later fund for the Oncology Unit.

September is National Bequest Month, so we spoke to Trish Lee – Manager Bequests at Wellington Hospitals Foundation- to ask her why people choose to leave a bequest to Wellington’s Regional Hospitals. Trish told us that people leave a gift in their will (bequest) for many different reasons, but it’s often because they want to… Read more »

Wellington Rugby Football Union shows tremendous support for Wellington Children’s Hospital again this year!

Wellington Children's Hospital patient with some of the Wellington Lions rugby team.

The Wellington Rugby Football Union continue to be a wonderful supporters of Wellington Regional Children’s Hospital. We are excited to share with you the ways in which they are supporting us this year, and how you can get involved… 1. Guardians – Did you know, the Wellington Lions are official Guardians of Wellington Children’s Hospital?… Read more »

A Very Welly Christmas Festival

Very Welly Xmas 2017

Bring your Hospi to ‘A Very Welly Christmas’ on 24th and 25th November, and the Wellington Children’s Hospital doctors and nurses will give him a FREE health check up in time for Christmas! Hospi will be back at Wellington City Council’s ‘A Very Welly Christmas’ festival again this year on Lambton Quay. We are super excited… Read more »

Foundation funds $92,000 worth of equipment for new ICU expansion

Bill Day (Chair of the Foundation), with Shona, and ICU Charge Nurse Manager Stephen James

This week, the new expansion to Wellington Regional Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) opened, after over a year of work. The ICU expansion increases it’s capacity from 18 to 24 beds, and will ensure fewer non-urgent surgeries are postponed. Wellington Hospitals Foundation is proud to have funded over $92,000 worth of equipment for the new… Read more »