Mercy Health in Richmond, Victoria | Non-profit organisation

Mercy Health

Locality: Richmond, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 8416 7777

Address: Level 2, 12 Shelley Street, Richmond 3121 Richmond, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.mercyhealth.com.au

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25.01.2022 The end game for us is to develop a blood test that can tell doctors and midwives that a woman is at increased risk of stillbirth. If doctors can intervene, you could allow these women to deliver and take home a healthy baby. Associate Professor Tu’uhevaha Kaitu’u-Lino. Please help Tu’uhe and the world-leading team at Mercy Perinatal by donating to this vital research to bring help families bring home the most precious gift this Christmas a healthy baby! Click on the link to donate today: sforce.co/33bFG6q

24.01.2022 NAIDOC Week is a great opportunity to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and immerse ourselves in culture. Our people enjoyed virtual basket weaving and damper-making classes this week thank you to Mabu Mabu and everyone who joined us! #NAIDOC2020 #NAIDOCWeek #NAIDOC

23.01.2022 In honour of all mothers, the ones embracing their child and the ones with empty arms, please give to Mercy Health Foundation to support Mercy Perinatal’s commitment to help more women realise the dream of safe motherhood. Click the link to donate today: sforce.co/3xVleEg

23.01.2022 A mother’s love is endlesseven in the face of loss. This Mother’s Day, give the gift of hope to the women who long to be a mother. By giving to Mercy Health Foundation, you will be supporting Mercy Perinatal’s work to fight diseases like preeclampsia and help more women have a happy Mother's Day. Click the link to donate today: sforce.co/3h1FNZS

22.01.2022 Few things can rival the joy and excitement of children opening gifts on Christmas Day. But for too many families, the dream of a healthy baby and thriving child is anything but guaranteed. Too often, the dream ends in tragedy. Please help the Mercy Perinatal team deliver world-leading research to bring hope to families this year - families whose one Christmas wish is to bring home the most precious gift - a healthy baby!... Click the link to find out more about our Christmas Appeal: bit.ly/2TSWaLk

20.01.2022 The voices of Melbourne’s West have been heard with the announcement that Werribee Mercy Hospital has been funded in the State Budget for the planning phase of a much-needed expansion. With the majority of Victoria’s population growth in the next five years forecast to be in Melbourne’s West, we are hopeful the plans lead to an expansion funding announcement before the next State election in 2022 to accommodate the communities' growing health needs. We are grateful that Trea...surer Tim Pallas has again acknowledged the needs of our community, Mercy Health Group CEO Adjunct Professor Stephen Cornelissen says. This is the first step towards urgently turning plans into a reality. Government, like us, will be keen to turn the expansion’s first sod at Werribee Mercy Hospital, so that Melbourne’s West will have local access to a more comprehensive range of specialist services that they both need and deserve. See more

20.01.2022 Join us as we celebrate World Prematurity day, in the same way Mercy Perinatal does every day, by delivering world-leading research, care and education to reduce pre-term births, stillbirth and pregnancy diseases. For a mother and baby at risk from pre-term birth, every day counts. You can make today count by helping the Mercy Perinatal team make more discoveries and find effective treatments that can be help aim to bring every mother and baby safely home. Don’t waste anothe...r moment. Please support this vital work today. Click on the link below to donate. https://sforce.co/32OeWIP

16.01.2022 8 to 14 November 2020 is Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Action (PANDA) Week. PANDA week raises much needed awareness about perinatal anxiety, depression, early signs to look for and available support options. The theme for 2020 is Tell Someone Who Cares. Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Australia (PANDA) provides a free national confidential helpline that offers support and resources to those in need via 1300 726 306. #PANDAWeek2020 #TellSomeoneWhoCares

16.01.2022 It wasn't just mums who were treated at Mercy Place Montrose on Mother's Day yesterday. Residents, visitors and staff were the beneficiaries of delicious baked treats from the home's annual Mother's Day cake stall. Residents also enjoyed a little gift from staff, which meant they could enjoy a nice cup of tea with their sweet treats. Hope everyone had a happy Mother's Day.

13.01.2022 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence starts TODAY! Did you know that one in three women worldwide will experience violence at some point in their lifetime? This global campaign, initiated by the United Nations, aims to end gender-based violence and raise awareness about the impact of violence against women. ... Mercy Health is committed to the health and wellbeing of women and will be holding a number of internal events and activities over the next fortnight to raise awareness among staff about this important issue.

13.01.2022 During National Children’s Week, we want to highlight the creativity of our own Mercy Health children. Earlier in the year, the children and grandchildren of Mercy Health employees were invited to participate in an internal ‘coronavirus art show’. Using paint, pencils and pixels, Mercy Health kids shared inspiring messages about hygiene and other ways to stay safe during the pandemic. As part of National Children’s Week, one of our young artists gave us permission to share this fantastic artwork.

12.01.2022 Last week, a group of Mercy Health managers participated in the inaugural Gender Equality Toolkit Workshop through our wonderful partnership with the Multicultural Centre for Women's Health. As a WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality, equipping our managers with tools to think and enact an intersectional approach to gender equality in the workplace is just one such outcome of Mercy Health’s Gender Equality Plan 2019-22. Thank you to the Office for Women for supporting us to bring this important work to fruition!

12.01.2022 Going global over three big nights in your lounge room is the theme of Mercy Perinatal’s Global Obstetrics Update for 2020 which gets underway at 7.30 this evening. The ‘virtual’ event enables a potential international audience to tune into some of the most eminent obstetricians, researchers and teachers from as far afield as Toronto and Philadelphia in North America, then on to Cape Town, South Africa prior to finishing in the UK on Friday night. Mercy Perinatal organisers w...ere ‘gutted’ earlier in the year when they realised that due to the coronavirus pandemic there was no option but to cancel the already ‘sold out’ Melbourne event. But just as quickly it was determined that technology provided a solution! Subject matter will range from what’s new in preterm births, an update on the latest evidence for fetal growth restriction and caesarean section, and Professor Lucy Chappell from King’s College in London will close the conference with an address on Renal failure in pregnancy. Professor Chappell’s speech also promises to summarise the current state of play in the RECOVERY trial for COVID-19 during pregnancy. Click on the link below for more details on each of the speakers and how you can ‘virtually’ attend any session of GOU 2020. bit.ly/3lK9AWr .

08.01.2022 Kindness comes in many forms but always from the heart Thank you! It’s World Kindness Day - a day to celebrate the importance of being kind. Today, Mercy Health Foundation takes the opportunity, to thank you for your kindness, compassion and continued support to Mercy Health. Your kindness makes the difference and gives hope to every person in Mercy Health’s care. ... Kindness changes everything.

07.01.2022 Remembrance Day, like so many significant dates this year, will be marked in private, away from crowds, without the usual speeches and ceremony. Still, buglers around the country will play the Last Post across quiet streets and suburbs, commemorating the many men and women who have died, been injured or made sacrifices in times of war. Please join us for a minute of silence at 11am to remember those who fought and died for our freedom. #RemembranceDay #WeRememberThem

06.01.2022 After a 30-year career in obstetrics and gynaecology with Mercy Health, an unwavering commitment to women’s health and women-centred care, and decades as a mentor and peer leader, Dr Bernadette White has been honoured with the 2020 Catholic Health Australia Sister Marie Cunningham Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr White’s list of achievements over her career is as long as it is impressive. She recalls with fondness her role in starting Mercy Hospital for Women’s Family Birth Cen...tre in 1990, but it was her role as a mentor to so many others in her field that she considers her greatest achievement. My mentoring role is one of the biggest things I hope I achieved in my career mentoring other trainees. It’s just so satisfying to watch people start their career and go through their training with you, then for them to come back to the hospital as a valued consultant. That’s been very satisfying.

04.01.2022 Every Mother’s Day we give thanks for a mother’s unconditional love, hope and commitment. Share the love this Mother’s Day by giving to Mercy Health Foundation to support Mercy Perinatal’s work in fighting for all women to experience the special bond between a mother and child. Click the link to donate today: sforce.co/3eYHiW4

04.01.2022 Babies were not the only deliveries that arrived at Werribee Mercy Hospital’s maternity ward in time for Mother’s Day this week 52 hampers filled with goodies also made a timely arrival. Pacific Werribee organised for the hampers to be filled and then delivered to the hospital for mothers who are staying in the maternity ward on Mother’s Day and for mums of babies staying in the hospital’s Special Care Nursery. Thank you Pacific Werribee, Werribee Hospital Foundation and Mercy Health Foundation for your ongoing support.

02.01.2022 Mercy Health is excited to be celebrating NAIDOC Week (8-15 November), an opportunity to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. As a part of the celebrations we will be hosting virtual basket weaving and damper-making classes this week. NAIDOC Week celebrations are just one way that Mercy Health endeavours to promote and celebrate Indigenous Australia. Mercy Health has a long history of providing culturally appropriate services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families. #NAIDOC2020 #NAIDOCWeek #NAIDOC