2023 Spring Newsletter

Welcome from the Mercy Health Foundation CEO

It is with profound enthusiasm that I step into the new role of CEO of Mercy Health Foundation. I am excited by the opportunity to join an organisation committed to enhancing the lives of those in need through exceptional healthcare, aged care, palliative and community care. In my first weeks at Mercy Health Foundation, I...
Welcome from the Mercy Health Foundation CEO

Super mum running 7 marathons in 7 days!

This incredible and ambitious pursuit is all to benefit the Mercy Perinatal team’s work to bring more mothers and babies safely home through research, education and clinical care. Diana’s twin girls, Adrian Joy and Evie Mila, were delivered at Mercy Hospital for Women, under the guidance of the Mercy Perinatal team, at 30 weeks and...
Super mum running 7 marathons in 7 days!

PJ for Prems another great success

PJ for Prems is held annually by Mercy Health Foundation on World Prematurity Day – 17 November – and raises vital funds to support the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Special Care Nursery (SCN) at both Werribee Mercy Hospital and Mercy Hospital for Women in Heidelberg. Children in participating childcare centres wear their pyjamas...
PJ for Prems another great success

Gala Ball Benefits Life-Saving Stillbirth Research

Guided by the charismatic Jennifer Keyte as MC, the event was a starlit affair where generous guests, draped in classic black and white ensembles, united in support of Mercy Perinatal’s groundbreaking stillbirth research. This research aims to develop a blood test to detect ‘danger signals’ from the stressed placenta in pregnancies at high risk of...
Gala Ball Benefits Life-Saving Stillbirth Research

Mini medics scrub up at Pacific Werribee

The interactive and educational Werribee Ward transformed the major regional shopping centre, Pacific Werribee, into a neonatal hospital ward where children aged five to 12 got hands-on experience caring for life-like newborns. For a gold coin donation, children were able to learn how to feed, swaddle and care for a baby in the play ward....
Mini medics scrub up at Pacific Werribee

Last reviewed September 18, 2023.