Geelong Hospital Appeal

The inaugural Geelong Hospital Appeal was officially launched on Wednesday 20 February by the Barwon Health Foundation with a 'Hard Hat Party' at the Geelong Hospital where Mark 'Bomber' Thompson was the guest speaker.

The appeal will run annually from 2008 and encourage the local community to dig deep and give generously to raise funds for the vial services provided by Barwon Health to more than 450,000 people in Geelong and south western Victoria.

Money donated to the Geelong Hospital Appeal will be directed to various services and priorities including the Geelong Hospital, the Andrew Love Cancer Centre and Cancer Services, the McKellar Centre, Community Health Centres around Geelong, plus many more. 

In 2009-10 The Geelong Hospital Appeal will raise funds to support the Redevelopment of the Children's Ward.This exciting multi-million dollar project is a community partnership with Barwon Health to improve patient care and facilities for children and their families in our region. The redevelopment will commenced in January 2010 and to ensure minimal disruption to service delivery in the children's ward it will be staged over a 4 to 5 year period.

The North wing will be the first stage to be completed and will result in a new High Dependency room that will provide 24hr care for the sickest children, ensuites into rooms with improved facilities, new electric hi-lo beds and  various pieces of medical equipment. Once completed, all rooms, except the day stay, will include ensuites, the playground and play room will have been upgraded and there will be a new oncology room to service children in their own environment within the Ward. 

To visit the Geelong Hospital Appeal website, click on the link below: 

www.barwonhealth.org.au/geelonghospitalappeal