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The Children's Hospital at Westmead is growing, and so is the garden of the Aboriginal Gathering Space in our new forecourt.
Hospital wasn’t just a place for medical care during Cooper’s childhood—it felt like a second home. It’s where she developed a passion for health advocacy that would later influence her career.
A new outreach clinic providing specialist echocardiographs for children with heart conditions is helping deliver vital care closer to home, sparing regional families hundreds of kilometres in travel.
Children are creating inspiring drawings and messages for future patients to celebrate a construction milestone for our new children's hospital at Randwick.
Freddie might only be three years old, but he has already made history as the first person ever recorded with his extremely rare genetic condition.
Determined not to let his medical challenges hinder the pursuit of his dreams, 19-year-old Tom has soared to new heights, on his way to getting his pilot’s license.
The new ED, designed in collaboration with staff, will have single rooms, the department's first Short-Stay Unit, a modern waiting area, and flexible spaces for private conversations, providing enhanced privacy and comfort for children and their families.
The road to a rare disease diagnosis is often filled with unexpected twists and turns. For Cara, it was a television show that was the surprising catalyst for her son’s genetic diagnosis.
A new viral vector manufacturing facility being built in the Westmead precinct is set to change the treatment landscape for patients with genetic diseases, cancers and viral infections, enabling gene therapies to be trialled and delivered sooner.
Parents and carers of children requiring intensive care at The Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network will soon be supported at their child’s bedside in newly designed single patient bedrooms – setting a new standard for family centred care.
The latest round of MRFF grants will further drive innovation and research across Kids Research into areas such as childhood asthma, cancer, Cerebral Palsy and trauma care.
For most children, jumping into a swimming pool comes without a second thought. But for seven-year-old Senya, it symbolises an incredible milestone.
Over 300 bright junior medical officers (JMOs) have been welcomed to the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network’s (SCHN), dedicated to championing the health and wellbeing of children and young people.
The groundbreaking FIREFLY-1 trial tested the efficacy of oral drug, tovorafenib, in brain tumour patients with results showing a 50 per cent tumour shrinkage in two thirds of patients.
NSW Premier, Chris Minns, announced the statewide roll out of the virtualKIDS Urgent Care Service, with the program already helping almost 1,000 families since the formal expansion last month.