’Appy outcome for mums, kids

PARENTS with pre-term babies will be supported through their journey with a new app.

Triple M Hobart’s Brian Carlton announced on Tuesday the grant total for it’ s 2020 Give Me 5 for Kids campaign had raised $439,620.45.

The much-needed funds will go toward the Royal Hobart Hospital children’s ward and paediatric departments.

Last year’ s donation went toward the creation of a beautiful foyer area with an Antarctic theme, featuring a ceiling light installation inspired by the Aurora Austral is.

This year, funding will go toward the innovative app.

Neonatal and paediatric intensive care unit manager Julie Doran is leading the charge on the a pp that will include information about the unit, health information, and communication, and will also be able to plot things such as photos and memories. She could barely contain her excitement when discussing just how much of an impact the project could have for families.

“It’s going to bean amazing contemporary thing for parents to engage with ,” she said.

She said the app had been in the works for a few months, and they hoped to have it up and running by Christmas or the early New Year.

“The a pp is just part of our bigger picture of family-centred care and families being collaborative partners in the journey of their child, because that’ s really important ,” she said.

Women’ s adolescence and children’ s services nursing and midwifery director Sue McBeath thanked the Triple M team for its fundraising efforts.

“It does make a difference—you can’t do this in a public hospital without additional funds ,” she said.

Carlton said Triple M Hobart was delighted to hand over the cheque to staff on Tuesday, with a huge thankyou going to Lyden Builders for their significant $375,000 contribution through their Madison House project.

THE APP IS JUST PART OF OUR BIGGER PICTURE OF FAMILYCENTERED CARE AND FAMILIES BEING COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS IN THE JOURNEY OF THEIR CHILD, BECAUSE THAT’S REALLY IMPORTANT.

JULIE DORAN, ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL