Mater Foundation

Mater’s Neonatal Critical Care Unit (NCCU) is now treating babies at risk of developing a potentially fatal bowel condition with the probiotic Infloran.

Each neonatal retrieval starts with a simple phone call; a plea for help. It has been 25 years since Mater neonatal nurse Nikki Debuse went on her first retrieval.
 

There is something very extraordinary about working on 18 Kennedy Court, North Lakes. This is not any ordinary house. This is House for Life – a home built by heroes

She’s a taxi driver, a chef, a teacher, a banker. She is the giver of love, hugs and kisses. She has a shoulder to cry on, an ear to listen; she offers support, kindness and words of wisdom. Who can do all of these jobs at once? Only Mum.

Raine & Horne North Lakes are hosting a Family Fun Day to raise money for Mater Little Miracles.

Hot Shoe Shuffle, one of the most successful Australian Musicals of all time, is coming back to the Australian stage AND supporting Mater Little Miracles.

“I wanted to put my hand up to a challenge, something that everyone would think was impossible. I only need to think of family to realise that nothing is really impossible."

When Mummy: Secrets of the Tomb closed to the public in late October, more than 200 000 people had visited the Queensland Museum to see the 3000 year old mummies.

However the exhibition of these historical pieces was not over with staff from Queensland X-Ray at Mater Private Hospital Brisbane given a special viewing of what lay within the historical sarcophagi.

Brisbane Lions Coach Michael ‘Vossy’ Voss took to the skies on Sunday 7 April 2013 to jump out of a plane at 14,000 feet to support prostate cancer research at Mater.

Vossy described his experience as ‘intense and awesome’.

“I don’t think anything really prepares you for when jump out of the plane.”

He encouraged other men to face their fear of the doctor and to get regular prostate cancer check-ups.

Capture the precious moments with your little ones with a mini photo session on Saturday 13 April with Maree Coster of Brisbane Baby Photography. The entire cost of the mini photo session, $55, as well as $55 from any full session booked will be donated to Mater Little Miracles. To book please contact 0431 171 484.

Jo Sewell knows more than anyone how fragile a child’s health can be.

At age four, her daughter Alix suffered a severe stroke and was airlifted from her local hospital to Mater Children’s Private Hospital on 27 December 2001—a date which will be forever etched in her memory.

Alix spent a week in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) where she was diagnosed with Arterio Venous Malformation, a condition in which there are too many capillaries in the brain.