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The official Monash Children's Hospital page. We care for more than 100,000 children every year.

Monash Children’s Hospital is part of Monash Health, Victoria’s largest healthcare service and one of only four accredited Academic Health Science Centres in Australia. We have access to the world’s leading medical minds which are turning research findings into better health outcomes for our patients. Monash Children’s Hospital is a network of paediatric healthcare services across three sites – ou

r main campus in Clayton (co-located with Monash Medical Centre) and satellite sites at Dandenong and Casey Hospitals. We have Victoria’s largest Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and provide leading paediatric services in Rehabilitation, Oncology, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, and Palliative Care. Monash Children’s Hospital is also the Victorian Referral Centre for many low-volume and high-complex cases. Our services are linked to an adult service, allowing us to provide transition-of-care as children grow older and move to an adult service. We deliver specialised, innovative, family-centred care and believe strongly in putting patients first and striving for exceptional care and outstanding outcomes.

16/06/2026

Having blood taken or a cannula inserted can be a distressing experience.

Thanks to a generous $10,000 donation, the Monash Children’s Clinical Trials Centre now has a tool to help nurses identify the best available vein before a needle is used, reducing the number of attempts, the procedure time and discomfort.

The AccuVein device is a handheld tool that projects a real-time map of a child's veins directly onto their skin using near-infrared light.
‘I found it a really useful tool for children who were a bit nervous or had procedural anxiety — giving them the opportunity for us to look for their veins together and even choose the site,’ shared one of our nurses.

The device is proving especially beneficial in the care of children with procedural anxiety, including autistic children or those with intellectual disability, or difficult-to-find veins.

We're grateful to the Friends of the Children Foundation for making this purchase possible, via the Monash Health Foundation.

Every child who comes through our doors deserves the most comfortable experience we can give them.

To read more about the device, please see the link in our comments.

12/06/2026

If you are heading to Monash Children’s Hospital, please be aware of changes to the way you access the entrance🏥

🚧 The pedestrian pathway connecting the public multi-deck car park with the front entrance is closed until 2028, due to construction work at Monash Medical Centre overseen by the Victorian Health Building Authority (VHBA).

An alternative pathway between the multi-deck visitor car park and Monash Children’s Hospital has been established, and new signage has been installed to help patients, visitors and employees navigate the change 🗺️ 🔎

⏰ Please allow extra time to arrive on schedule.

If you are attending the hospital with a baby or young children, please consider using a pram or carrier to make the walk comfortable.

You can still enter Monash Children's Hospital via the main entrance from Dixon Street and Fregon Road.

There is also a Monash Children's Hospital drop off area on Fregon Road 🚗

Maps with directions to Monash Children’s Hospital are available from main reception and concierge as you enter Monash Medical Centre.

Also see the maps in comments.

11/06/2026

We welcomed Anthony Callea to Monash Children’s Hospital for a heartfelt visit with our young patients, their families, and to learn more about the work of our care teams 🥰

This weekend, Anthony will be performing at our Monash Children’s Hospital Shine Gala, where we are raising funds to support children born with a cleft lip and/or palate — a congenital condition that can affect a baby’s ability to feed, speak and hear.

His familiar face, generosity and warmth brought smiles to faces down the corridors, across the wards and all the way to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), where he met newborn Phoenix.

Funds raised at the gala will support patients and families attending our Paediatric Cleft and Craniofacial Anomalies Service, just like young Pheonix, with:

🖨️ a new 3D camera and printer for precise documenting and surgical planning

📝 patient-held care plans to support and empower families along their journey

🧠 the introduction of a dedicated Clinical Psychologist to support mental health and wellbeing

💬 an additional Speech Therapist to improve language and developmental outcomes

🧸 the introduction of a Child Life Therapist to ease anxiety during clinical procedures

We’re so grateful for Anthony’s visit and the difference moments like these can make 💙

To donate to our Paediatric Cleft and Craniofacial Anomalies Service, please visit the link in comments.

04/06/2026

A pioneering research study is investigating whether stem cells from donated umbilical cord blood can help repair severe brain injuries in premature babies 🩺👶

The ALLO trial, underway at Monash Children’s Hospital with Monash University, is part of a global effort to find new treatments that could improve lifelong outcomes for preterm babies 💙

‘The ability to use stem cells from public cord blood banks to use as a preventative measure against brain damage in preterm babies could be transformational,’ said study-lead Associate Professor Atul Malhotra.

New parents Hua and Ngan enrolled their daughter, Alina, in the trial after she was born at just under 26 weeks gestation.

The now 17-month-old appeared with her parents in an SBS World News story about the study📺

To find out more about the ongoing trial, head to the link in comments.

02/06/2026

This National Reconciliation Week, the foyer at Monash Children’s Hospital was filled with learning, creativity, and community, aimed at raising awareness and beginning conversations about what reconciliation means.

The response was incredible.

Patients, families, carers, and staff took part in activities celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and our shared commitment to cultural safety and reconciliation.

The activities, organised and led by staff from Monash Children's Hospital School, included:

📖 storytelling and reading — sharing First Nations stories and voices

🧠 a yarning circle — a space to listen, reflect, and connect

🎵 songs and language — singing 'Head, Shoulders, Knees and Foot' in a First Nations language

🎨 art and craft — painting First Nations-inspired ceramic artworks and recreating traditional Aboriginal symbols using clay

📝 and an 'I’m In' action commitment wall — where our community wrote personal pledges for reconciliation.

The pledges said it all ✨

✍️ ‘Work on reconciliation during the year — not just for one week.’

✍️ ‘Educate my family on reconciliation and how we can all be brave.’

✍️ ‘I will listen to a First Nations podcast and share my learnings with colleagues.’

And from the families who joined us 💬

‘This has inspired me to talk to my kids at home about reconciliation.’

‘None of this was taught when I was at school — it is so important to see the truth-telling and the celebration of culture.’

‘I’m impressed that it is happening and love the learning involved.’

Thank you to the team at Monash Children’s Hospital for organising this meaningful event.

We're All In 💛❤️🖤

20/05/2026

On International Clinical Trials Day, we celebrate the incredible work happening right here at Monash Children's Hospital, and the families who make it possible.

Monash Children's Hospital is proud to be home to two dedicated clinical trials centres — the Monash Children's Clinical Trial Centre (MCCTC) and the Children's Cancer Centre — each bringing cutting-edge research directly to the children and families in our care.

At Monash Children's Clinical Trial Centre (MCCTC), we typically coordinate 20+ active clinical trials across 12 paediatric specialities, including neurology, rheumatology, cardiology, nephrology and more.

Our purpose-built, child-friendly facilities are designed so that accessing the latest medical innovations feels as safe and supported as possible.
‘Access to high-quality, ethically approved clinical trials can have a profound impact on children with serious health conditions, offering early access to innovative and potentially transformative therapies,’ said MCCTC Medical Lead Associate Professor David Metz.

‘That’s why we do everything we can to minimise pain or distress during trial-related procedures, helping families access the latest health innovations in a safe, supportive and child-centred environment.’

In the last 3 years, we have hit some remarkable milestones:

✅ A new inpatient day ward enabling procedural sedation, infusions and pharmacokinetic sampling

✅ Australia's first combined Genetics and Clinical Pharmacology registrar, bridging the gap between diagnostics and therapeutics with the increasing availability of gene and related therapies

✅Victorian Government funding of $2 million to establish the Victorian Paediatric Clinical Trial Network, connecting Monash Children's Hospital, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, and Barwon Health to improve access to trials for kids across the state

At our Children's Cancer Centre, there are over 65 research projects and 20+ active clinical trials aimed at improving the prospects of children diagnosed with cancer.

‘Over the past 100 years, research has resulted in many cancer diagnoses in children becoming curable. Our goal is now to continue improving survival rates, but to also decrease treatment toxicities and long-term effects,’ said Children's Cancer Centre Clinical Trial Lead Amanda St. John.

To every child, young person, and family who has trusted us with their care, thank you. It is an honour and a privilege.

10/05/2026

Baby Kareem is home in time for Mother’s Day!

Born at 22 weeks and 2 days gestation, he spent 146 days in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Monash Children’s Hospital.

There were big smiles and joyful tears on the ward, as the NICU ‘graduate’ headed home this week dressed in a graduation gown and cap.

'I am going to soak up all the cuddles and enjoy just being at home with my baby after so long at the hospital,’ said first-time mum, Amour.

‘The NICU staff were amazing. With it being such an emotional and vulnerable time for us parents, it's been quite difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel. But they've kind of been like my backbone while I've been here.’

Amour’s mum, Dianna, was on hand as the new parents farewelled staff. She is revelling in her new role as grandma and has a little something special planned for her daughter on her first Mother’s Day as a mum.

To Amour and husband, Basem, مبروك (congrats) on becoming parents. We wish you every happiness.

Today, we celebrate mothers everywhere. We extend our thanks to the mums in our teams who balance family life with work.

We also acknowledge that Mother's Day is a difficult time for many people. For those who have experienced loss, faced struggles with conception, or are missing their mothers today, we hold you in our thoughts.

06/05/2026

🏆 Huge congratulations to Associate Professor Atul Malhotra, head of our Early Neurodevelopment Clinic at Monash Children's Hospital, on being awarded the prestigious Fulbright Australia Coral Sea Scholarship.

This highly competitive 4-month scholarship will take Associate Professor Malhotra to Harvard Medical School and the University of Texas McGovern Medical School, where he will work alongside world-class colleagues to advance a clinical trial that could change the lives of some of our most vulnerable patients: extremely preterm babies.

The trial will evaluate the effectiveness of using extremely preterm infants' own umbilical cord blood cells to improve their survival and developmental outcomes.

Associate Professor Malhotra’s team has already shown that this approach is feasible and safe.

The next frontier is the CORD-CELL RCT, a landmark international, multicentre randomised controlled trial spanning Australia, Singapore, Canada, and the United States, with Monash Health as the first recruitment site in the world.

‘By expanding our research footprint into the US and beyond, we are accelerating the delivery of potentially life-changing neonatal cell therapies to families worldwide,’ said Associate Professor Malhotra.

This recognition reflects not just Associate Professor Malhotra’s remarkable clinical and scientific achievements, but his commitment to building a team, mentoring PhD and Honours students, co-leading the multidisciplinary Newborn Cell Therapies Group, and bringing others along on this journey.

To read more about Associate Professor Malhotra’s achievement, please see the link in our comments🔗

04/05/2026

May the fourth be with you! 💫

Today we had some very special visitors at Monash Children’s Hospital from a galaxy far, far away.

Conquering the galaxy for good - members of the 501st Legion Knightfall Garrison were hosted by the Monash Health Foundation, storming our wards to the delight of patients, families and care teams 🩵

26/04/2026

At Monash Health, we know it is the small things our team do that can make a big difference to patients and their families 💙

Patient Experience Week, from Monday 27 April to Friday 1 May, is a chance for all of us to celebrate and recognise our people for moments of significant kindness, care, and dedication to patient experience.

If you, or a family member, have experienced a team member going above and beyond in their role, we invite you to nominate them for a Service Excellence Award ✨

Nominate them and outline the difference they made to your care at: https://cutt.ly/ktJLHzMd

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http://www.monashchildrenshospital.org/

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