Children's Hospital Redevelopment
Every year there are over 32,000 visits to Wellington Children's Hospital from sick kids just like Thomas. Help us make a difference to their stay.
A major redevelopement is currently underway at Wellington Children's Hospital.
- The Oncology Day Stay Unit (for children with cancer) is being moved from the centre of Ward 18 to just inside the main entrance of the ward.
- The Acute Assessment Unit is being developed at the ground entrance of Wellington Children's Hospital - for children who come to the Emergency Department and need to be moved to a child-friendly assessment area.
- Both Wards are having a makeover, including improving the showers, bathrooms and staff areas.
We need your help to create a child-friendly environment with state of the art medical equipment to make a child's stay in hospital a little brighter.
Your donation will make a real difference to thousands of children and their families while they're at Wellington Children's Hospital.
THOMAS
Six year old Thomas has had a harder life than most young kids. Born with a condition which has resulted in him needing several operations so far, Thomas has become a regular patient at Wellington Children's Hospital. He even knows the Paediatric Surgeons by their first names.
We first meet Thomas in early 2008 when the Easter Bunny and Woolworths Johnsonville brought Easter treats to Wellington Children's Hospital. Thomas was in the hospital again a month later when The Dominion Post featured the Royal Doulton Tiles in Wellington Hospital. He is such a bright, friendly boy that you can't help but smile around him.
Thomas says the worst thing about Wellington Hospital is that "it hurts and I just want to be better". Making the trips less painful is the play specialist Megan, who always has lots of activities set out for young patients to do and best of all spends time with all the children.
When we asked Thomas what he thinks about Wellington Children's Hospital he said "they need more puzzles", and things for Mum and Dad to do. A bit more privacy in the hospital ward would be good too, "cos when Dad stays with me, he snores big snores".
Thomas and his family constantly amaze us with their continued support of Wellington Children's Hospital and the Redevelopment Appeal. We could not do this without their support. Thank you!
