Our patients

  • Families the focus of critical care changes at CHW

    The new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) will support families like Matilda's to have more autonomy in their baby's care. The unit will feature single-patient bedrooms fitted with a carer zone, including an overnight bed and feeding chair.
    Thursday 20 October 2022

  • Comradery and the changed lives of carers

    There are more than 2.65 million people carers in Australia, each with unique circumstances and stories of their own. Heather, Jaime and Jakob are three of these people - all caring a child with complex needs.
    Monday 17 October 2022

  • CPU helps give Angie her voice back

    The Child Protection Unit supported Angie and her mum in healing from abusive trauma.
    Friday 9 September 2022

  • Australian-first trial gives new hope for brain cancer

    An Australian-first clinical trial giving hope to children diagnosed with a terrible brain tumour, Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), has opened at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead (CHW).
    Monday 5 September 2022

  • The transformation that helped save Charlie

    The Interventional Radiology Suite at the Childrens Hospital at Westmead was incredibly transformed into an operating theatre, helping save the life of little Charlie.
    Monday 5 September 2022

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