Caption: left to right, Brendon Gardner Chief Operating Officer Peninsula Health, from the Rotary Club of Mount Eliza, Treasurer Guenter Steinbrecher, President Elect, George-Ann Sullivan, President Bernie Edwards, and Helen Hutchins, Nurse Unit Manger Child and Adolescent Unit Peninsula Health
A children’s fun Rotary Mount Eliza fun run has raised $19,950 for Peninsula Health.
Accepting the cheque yesterday Peninsula Health Chief Operating Officer Brendon Gardner said:“We are delighted to receive this generous and much needed support which will greatly assist our young patients.”
More than 500 people attended the Rotary Mount Eliza event on 17 April to watch children run the ‘Kids Fun Run with K163’.
The proceeds from the fun run will contribute to the cost of five new special child-friendly beds for kids at Frankston Hospital, which is sure to brighten their little faces!
The Rotary Club of Mount Eliza partnered with Mornington Railway to bring the first annual Kids Fun Run with K163.
The Paediatric Unit (known as the CAU – Children and Adolescent Unit) at Frankston Hospital provides care for sick and injured children up to the age of 16 years. The CAU has 15 beds as well four dedicated paediatric cubicles in the Emergency Department.
Peninsula Health cares for up to 22,500 children and young people each year in the Emergency Department, and over 2,000 children are admitted to the CAU each year. Children are admitted to the CAU with a variety of medical and surgical conditions.
In addition to these common childhood illnesses, Frankston CAU caters for the needs of a number of complex chronically ill/disabled children living in our community, including those requiring palliative care.
Silvia Dropulich
Head of Corporate Communications and Media Relations Corporate and Community Relations
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