International MRI Safety Week 2021 is from 26 July to 1 August, and it’s the 20th anniversary of the week, which was created after a severe accident in New York that changed how hospitals and...
After 34 years as a Monash Health midwife, Jenny Morgans is entering retirement. She has dedicated much of her life to midwifery, through her clinical work and educating other midwives.Jenny has been instrumental in delivering...
Cracking COVID, a new science-focused documentary created by Emmy award-winning director Sonya Pemberton shows us the gruelling impact and reality COVID-19 has on patients, clinicians, and researchers. The documentary features our very own Dr Rupa Kanapathipillai, an infectious diseases physician,...
At 11 years old, Oscar Chalmers is already learning about philanthropy. Oscar was inspired by an Australian YouTuber named Lazarbeam to organise a substantial donation of two special game carts to Monash Children’s Hospital. Designed for children...
Monash Health will soon be piloting Orygen Digital’s Moderated Online Social Therapy (MOST) for young people aged 12 to 14, with $12 million in funding announced this week by the Victorian Government. MOST is a world-first digital therapy platform offering a unique blend of digital...
Two of members of the team at Monash Health have been recognised this week in the Queen’s Birthday 2021 Honours List.Both Professor Helena Teede and Professor Beverley Vollenhoven received the Member of the Order of...
After an incredible 65 year career as a nurse, Beverley Grant has decided to hang up her scrubs and enter into retirement.Beverley has spent the last 44 years at Monash Health, starting at Moorabbin Hospital...
Earlier this month, one of our families was the first at Casey Hospital to join Generation Victoria (GenV), a project led by The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute to improve children and parents’ long-term health and wellbeing. This project is the largest ever birth...
This week at Monash Children’s Hospital, we celebrated Make Music Day, a nationwide event for everyone to make music anywhere and everywhere.Our Music Therapy Team came together in the Children’s Allied Health Outpatient Therapies waiting...
Refugee Week is a time to reflect and celebrate the valuable contributions refugees make to Australian society.The theme for Refugee Week this year is ‘Unity- The way Forward’.This theme aims to raise awareness of the...