Unwell babies receive gift of life at Hornsby
Stuart and Tara, with their daughters Camilla and Eloise, with Hornsby special care nursery staff
Unwell newborns at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital have received a helping hand, with the donation of new equipment that helps treating teams stabilise critically-ill infants.
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The ATOM incubator is a vital piece of equipment that helps doctors and nurses to stabilise unwell newborn babies, maintain their temperature, monitor vital signs and provide oxygen therapy as required. The Humpty Dumpty Foundation made the special donation to Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital’s special care nursery, with the donation of two incubators, valued at $35,000 each.
Humpty Dumpty Foundation ambassadors Stuart Pollard and Tara Prowse, along with their daughters Camilla and Eloise, fundraised to donate one of the ATOM incubators. The other incubator was donated by a generous private Humpty Dumpty Foundation supporter. “When our twins Camilla and Eloise were born at Royal North Shore Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit, they each spent six weeks in an ATOM incubator,” Stuart and Tara said.
fundamental to ensuring amazing health outcomes for babies that are born early like ours. We are very proud to have donated this piece to Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital where it is already being used on a daily basis.”
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