Stepping out for a silent tragedy
Every year, more than 2,000 babies are stillborn in Australia — more than the national road toll. Stillbirth is the death of a baby after 20 weeks of pregnancy. In Australia, one in 130 pregnancies end in stillbirth and one-third of cases are unexplained. While the rate of infant death has decreased, the rate of…
International students perform at Mercy Place Abbotsford
International school students have entertained residents at Mercy Place Abbotsford with a show-stopping musical performance. Students from Marlborough College Malaysia travelled to Melbourne for a six day musical tour in late October and selected Mercy Place Abbotsford for a one hour performance. Marlborough College Malaysia Master Robert Pick and his wife Ali also made the…
Mercy Hospital for Women supports Little Blue Towels
Mercy Hospital for Women is proud to support the Little Blue Towels initiative by recycling single use hospital towels in Heidelberg. It’s estimated hundreds of thousands of blue cotton towels are used by hospital theatre staff throughout Australia each year to dry their hands after scrubbing up with disinfectant prior to surgery. Little Blue Towels…
Werribee Mercy Hospital Christmas Fair
The Werribee Mercy Hospital Christmas Fair is fast approaching and Wyndham residents are encouraged to save the date: Saturday 26 November. The Werribee Mercy Hospital Fair was first held in 1994 and regularly thereafter for almost 16 years. It was introduced again in 2015 and warmly embraced by staff, patients and residents. Mercy Health Chief…
Mother Baby Unit hosts international delegation
Delegates from the International Marcé Society’s Biennial Scientific Conference visited Werribee Mercy Hospital’s Mother Baby Unit on Thursday 29 September to hear from staff about the unit’s sector-leading programs. The Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health is an international scientific association formed to advance the mental healthcare of women, their infants and partners around the…
Mercy Health celebrates Mercy Day 2016
Mercy Health staff have held Mercy Day celebrations across the country this week to acknowledge the life and work of Foundress Catherine McAuley. Mercy Day is marked on 24 September each year, the date in 1827 when Catherine opened her first school in Dublin, providing a place to shelter and educate disadvantaged women and children….
International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day 2016
Mercy Health will pause to remember the lives of babies lost, at any age, on Saturday 15 October during International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. Sadly, each year in Australia approximately 2,000 babies are stillborn and another 850 babies die shortly after birth. A further one in five pregnancies ends in miscarriage. International Pregnancy…
Mercy Health to host community drop-in session for retirement living development
Mercy Health has submitted a planning application to the City of Greater Bendigo to develop more than 150 Retirement Living Units in Golden Square during the next decade. The development is currently being considered by council and Mercy Health would like to take this opportunity to invite the Bendigo community to a drop-in information session….
Wisdom of the elders unveiled at Mercy Place Wyndham
A group of Werribee high school students has helped create a thought provoking photographic exhibition of Mercy Place Wyndham residents. The year 11 MacKillop College students were invited to capture images of the aged care residents during one of their weekly reflection sessions organised by pastoral care associate Susan Frykberg. Each Monday Susan meets with…
Mercy Place residents celebrate Father’s Day
Fathers were celebrated around the country on Sunday 4 September and amongst the celebrations, Mercy Place residences also took a moment to recognise some of their special fathers. In Mercy Place East Melbourne, resident Keith Geer celebrated Father’s Day surrounded by his two children, five grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Raised in Melbourne, the 101…