Telethon

Past Telethon Children - Where Are they Now?

Princess Margaret Hospital for Children (PMH) has received much-appreciated funding from Telethon since 1983. During that time, Telethon has provided over $14 million in grants to PMH for the acquisition of state-of-the-art medical equipment, specialist facilities and research fellowships.

The funding has meant that PMH has been able to advance its medical capabilities much earlier than would otherwise have been possible. This includes being able to purchase equipment, fund the running costs of equipment, assist with the physical expansion of various departments within the hospital and undertake new research.

As such, Telethon has contributed greatly to PMH’s status as a world class facility which provides the best possible care to the children of WA. PMH receives approximately 30% of the funds raised from Telethon.

Without Telethon, PMH would not be able to provide all of the services that have sealed its reputation as a world-class facility.

Since the relationship with Telethon began, the grants given to PMH include:

$875,000 to purchase a CT9800 Scanner
$1 million to establish the Telethon Total Care Unit for Children with Cancer
$600,000 to finance the purchase of five anaesthetic work stations

Telethon has also donated funds to PMH to:

help with the running costs of major equipment (eg MRI machine)
build onto the existing Diabetic Outpatient Clinic. (An example of how Telethon funds complement that which is provided by Government.)
establish a skin culture service for the Burns Unit
establish a parents’ lounge within the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women
assist with the upgrade of intensive care facilities
purchase a high frequency oscillatory ventilator and nitric oxide to aid children with chronic breathing and heart problems
purchase of ceiling suspended x-ray gantry, control panel and generator for the Resuscitation Room
purchase of a mobile x-ray machine for use in the Emergency Department
purchase of a ventilator used to assist breathing in patients during transfer to the Emergency Department
purchase of audiology, ophthalmology, surgical and ICU equipment
the Stuart Wagstaff Fellowship was awarded to the McComb Foundation to fund research by two paediatric burns nurses to undertake further investigations into paediatric burn care at PMH
construct and fit out the Megazone, a modern high tech fun and games centre at PMH
open the Telethon theatre, a state-of-the-art cinema and function room at PMH
equipment to assist with the physiological monitoring of neonates

Telethon 2006 will be held over the weekend of the 28th and 29th of October.