We were very moved to receive this beautiful note from Shona, one of our volunteer knitters. As a bereaved parent, she describes how even through the devastating loss of a precious and much wished for baby, a volunteer knitter brought her a little comfort. “Words can barely describe the powerful gratitude I felt when I… Read more »
Welcoming back our Hospital Volunteers
We look forward to welcoming back most of our Hospital Volunteers over the next two weeks. We’ve missed you! Wellington Guides and ICU reception – 15 June. Kenepuru Guides – 15 June. Kenepuru Ward Volunteers – 22 June.
Tamsin – dancer, horse rider, dog lover and Wellington Children’s Hospital cancer patient
A cancer diagnosis is something no parent ever wants to hear. For 9 year old Tamsin (dancer, horse rider and Wellington Children’s Hospital cancer patient), the diagnosis of leukaemia came like a bolt out of the blue and has meant a whirlwind of tests, scans and long term treatment. Despite what many of the gorgeous… Read more »
Your New Regional Children’s Hospital will help awesome kiwi kids like Kobe from Taranaki
We’d love you to meet Kobe, a super-sporty kiwi kid who enjoys nothing better than riding his bike, running and playing too many team sports to count one hand! Kobe had a dramatic start to life and is tackling huge challenges with courage, determination and the support of his wonderful family. Every year Kobe travels… Read more »
Michelle’s Givalittle sacrifice for your New Children’s Hospital
Michelle’s son Nnamdi spent many years in and out of Wellington Regional Children’s Hospital as a child. Diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis which is an inflammatory bowel disease, he needed life changing surgery at 13 to have his entire large bowel removed and replaced with a stoma port. This is a huge operation, with enormous physical… Read more »
Kids caring for kids
Nicolas Volpicelli-Muollo is a talented young man with a philanthropic outlook. He attends Scots College Wellington and what started as a Year 10 school Business Studies project has turned into a significant peer-to-peer fundraising initiative for your New Children’s Hospital. Nicolas is working with other schools in the region to raise money for 50 Smart… Read more »
New Children’s Hospital will bring together a range of paediatric services
Wow – we are almost at the closed-in stage of your New Children’s Hospital. Work has also started on some of the interior framing which is very exciting. Did you know that as well as the Paediatric Surgical and Medical Wards, the new hospital will also be home to the Paediatric Outpatient Unit, and the… Read more »
Foundation Volunteers help Medical Students during COVID19
Gathering important information from a patient’s medical history, in a sensitive and empathetic way, is an essential part of all good medical decision making. A recent and unseen effect of COVID19 on our hospitals was the impact on the teaching, learning and assessment of over 600 medical students who have had the physical examination and… Read more »
Your New Children’s Hospital will help thousands of sick kids like Lauren
The very first thing you notice about little Lauren is a smile that radiates pure joy! But born prematurely, Lauren has had a rough start to life with frequent seizure-like episodes that specialists struggled to diagnose. Eventually identified as Sandifer’s Syndrome she was unable to feed so was fitted with a Mic-Key Button, which is a… Read more »
International Year of the Nurse and Midwife
2020 is the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, and now more than ever before, nurses are in the spotlight worldwide. Today we celebrate International Nurses Day, with a small gift from the Foundation to all nurses and midwives working in Wellington Regional and Kenepuru Hospitals. We thank them for their dedication, their energy… Read more »