Good Egg Magazine, First Edition 2021

LABOUR OF LOVE

A huge thank you to our contributors for donating their time and expertise to Humpty to help produce this edition of the Good Egg Magazine. For media enquiries please contact Liz.MacDougall@humpty.com.au

Paul Francis OAM Founder and Executive Chairman, Editor-in-Chief

Ray Martin AM Patron and Writer

WRITERS

Liz MacDougall Editor Dr Peter Barker OAM

Kerry Chikarovski

Ross Greenwood

Sandra Lee

Steve Liebmann

YOUR PRIVACY

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BACK COVER:

Jacqueline Sandilands, Samantha Carberry with mum Clarissa Dellar-Smith and baby Lyla, Emerald Hospital, QLD.

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The joy of being part of the Humpty family

Ray Martin reflects on a happy and emotional trip to Darwin

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Ross Greenwood sits down with Joe Hockey

An important story about our relationship with America

First published in The Australian Financial Review, December 2020

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Humpty — Going where support is needed most

Steve Liebmann looks at how regional Australia lacks parity with its city cousins

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The Good (Easter) Egg Story

Dr Peter Barker OAM — the outcome could have been very different without Humpty

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How Humpty’s Wish List works

Your donation will make a significant and lasting difference

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Message from Humpty’s Medical Subcommittee

The gift of hope and the best chance at a happy and healthy life

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Chairman’s Wishes

Together we can save lives and improve outcomes for the most vulnerable members of our community

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Humpty’s Wish List

Join our community of Good Eggs

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Sharing the care

Helping one Braidwood family help their community

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When

Life in the country means healthcare is an everyday struggle for one little boy and his parents

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A very personal connection

Jane Flemming talks to Sandra Lee about life in Humpty’s fast lane

life-saving care is daily DIY

Our mission

The Humpty Dumpty Foundation is celebrating more than 30 years of helping to save the lives of sick and injured children in hospital.

Our mission is to raise funds to provide essential and often life-saving medical equipment for hospitals in every corner of Australia.

Our unique Wish List model gives donors complete choice and transparency in their giving and many of our donors choose to support their local hospital or community in this way.

Having the opportunity to see the equipment, meet with medical professionals, and sometimes the families and children that have benefited from their generosity, makes this process unique and truly special for our donors.

Humpty’s Wish List has meant that thousands of pieces of medical equipment have been delivered straight to the hospitals and health services who need them — creating tangible and life changing outcomes for Australian children and their families.

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HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SERVICES ACROSS AUSTRALIA.

To date, Humpty has provided medical equipment to paediatric wards, neonatal units, maternity and emergency departments at...

Chairman’s message

If you support the Humpty Dumpty Foundation, will that make a difference?

The simple answer — ABSOLUTELY!

The support of Humpty donors has provided tangible medical outcomes right across Australia. Over 400 pieces of children’s medical equipment are donated each year and the results include more children alive today, and more children suffering less pain because our doctors and nurses are getting the medical equipment they urgently need, thanks to your donations and Humpty’s help.

Sadly the problem is far from fixed. Just one example is that the neonatal and infant mortality rate in the Northern Territory is double that of any other state in Australia.

There are many ways you can help support better health outcomes for our children.

Humpty’s Good Egg magazine will give you a greater understanding, and please have a good look at the Medical Wish List on pages 16 — 26. If you can help, please do. Our medical teams, who have been heroes during COVID-19, need and deserve our support as they care for our Australian children.

Paul Francis OAM Founder and Executive Chairman

Humpty’s Morning Tea, Darwin.

One transport incubator, 23 babies lives saved in 24 months.

Fixing this problem is not the job for just governments but for the whole Australian community. They call it 'Death by Geography'; it shouldn’t matter where you live but in Australia it certainly does!

The joy of being part of the Humpty family

Ray Martin AM

After thirty years it’s no exaggeration to say that Humpty can still bring a tear to my eye, I promise.

It happened again up in Darwin in late March, where I was for The Great Humpty Ball, Darwin 2021.

This year broke all Northern Territory fundraising records with $750,000 raised, an outstanding achievement which capped off a magical few days. I think it’s always magical up there and if I was forty years younger, I’d move to The Territory to live. Such an exciting place, it takes your breath away.

Led by General Manager Angela Garniss, the Humpty team blitzed Darwin, taking over local TV, radio and news pages and then transforming the Mindil Beach Casino Resort into a dazzling, Saturday night charity extravaganza.

Darwin certainly frocked-up for the occasion. It was a great entertainment event with food, wine, music and

comedy all night. But, in the midst of an outrageously successful few days, two things stood out for me and brought those tears to my eyes.

The first was Humpty’s amazing Morning Tea on the Wednesday before the Ball. Held on the balcony at Mindil Beach, spilling across the lush green lawns which run down to the beach, it was a mammoth children’s party fuelled by fairy bread, sponge cake and lemonade, with a cacophony of laughter and joy.

Every family wanted a photo with Humpty, sweltering in his multi coloured suit, along with an inflated animal created by the highly energetic, balloon artist.

Dr Louise Woodward, the much-loved Darwin paediatrician who has simply made miracles happen, watched over it all like a proud (but youthful) medical matriarch. Which of course she is.

Baby Francis with his mum, Xaviera.

Jesse with his dad, Matt.

Ray welcoming the families to the celebration.

It was Dr Louise who three years ago convinced Paul Francis, the inspirational Humpty Chairman, that we should somehow find $300,000 and buy a Transport Incubator for Royal Darwin Hospital. Louise had been pleading for this vital piece of medical equipment for 12 years, without success.

Anyway, at last count 23 critically-ill newborn babies have been flown to The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne or Royal Adelaide Hospital in this life-saving cot and are today healthy and happy, with their families even happier.

It was wonderful to see about half of these glorious survivors come to Humpty’s Morning Tea to say, “Thanks a lot.” In fact, they said much, much more just by their smiles and the way their thankful parents clung to their precious offspring. Everywhere you looked there were giggling babies hanging off arms and shoulders or escaping across the grass. They didn’t get far before being swept up and swirled, like kids on a Luna Park ride!

Three-year-old Davey from Gove was there with his poster boy smile which can be seen on the cover of this magazine. His black curls spilling down his face, laughing uncontrollably, every time I threw him into the air and asking for “More!”

Davey was the first baby to use the transport incubator and Dr Louise said, “On the day of the transport we didn’t know if we would be able to get Davey to the hospital alive. He would almost die if someone changed his nappy, that’s how sick he was. We had to put him in a plane 30,000 feet in the air and fly for six hours and keep him alive through all of that. He really was the sickest baby that I’ve ever looked after who has made it.”

He’s a champion. And so is Jesse, who his dad said was “dying in our arms,” when he was whisked off to Melbourne. Just eight days old, he underwent heart surgery. Today, a 2-year-old, Jesse is bubbly and beautiful.

Ben “started turning blue” within ten days of his quite normal birth. He was one of three Darwin children born with congenital heart disease in the space of a week, Dr Woodward tells us, but is now close to celebrating his second birthday.

Baby Francis is a twin boy who had open heart surgery in Melbourne, at just 22 days old. His mother, Xaviera, insists that whoever helped buy the life-saving incubator is now ”part of baby Francis’ family.”

“I know that ‘thank you’ is an overused term”, Xaviera said with a choke in her voice. “I definitely can’t thank you enough for your kindness. I believe in the human spirit.”

Talking about human spirit brings me to my second tearful encounter — a poignant, unplanned moment, two days earlier.

One of our most generous private donors was with Dr Louise at the Royal Darwin Hospital, being shown some

of their donated equipment hard at work in the neonatal ward. Without knowing who this donor was, but guessing they were probably important because they were being shown the workings of the paediatric rabbit-warren, a young mother sitting beside her desperately sick baby came forward and said, “I want to sincerely thank you for any help you may give this hospital.”

It was an unsolicited, impromptu act of gratitude by the mother, but a sentiment so deserving.

It was enough to make me cry.

This one-of-a-kind, irreplaceable painting was presented to the Humpty Dumpty Foundation at the morning tea, created specifically for the Grand Auction at the Great Humpty Ball, Darwin by artist Gayili, a senior Traditional owner from the Yolngu people of Arnhem Land.

She is the proud grandmother of Davey who was the first baby to have his life saved using the transport incubator donated by the Humpty Dumpty Foundation to Royal Darwin Hospital.

Her painting represents an allegory popular within the artist’s community. Mother turtles ascend shores annually to nest their eggs, returning to the sea shortly after. In her absence, hatchlings face the difficult journey of crossing the sands to enter the ocean. While many hatchlings successfully reach the waters and live a full life, some perish during this passage.

The mother turtle depicted in this artwork, and the associated story, is a reminder that communities must unite in order to protect and nurture our children. Gayili relates this to Humpty’s work to provide the best possible care for babies and children. The artist expressed that within her painting she also sees Humpty’s donors’ indiscriminate love and generosity.

Humpty Going where support is needed most

Steve Liebmann

Around 7 million people, or roughly 29% of our population, live in regional, rural and remote parts of Australia. Last year a record number of Australians, some prompted by the COVID-19 situation moved out of our cities in search of a different, more relaxed lifestyle.

COVID-19 and the ease of working from home — coupled with the increased convenience of the online economy — has made country living a feasible alternative for people living in metropolitan areas.

However, regional Australia lacks parity with its city cousins in many areas. The exodus from the cities to the regions has put even greater pressure on education, job opportunities, infrastructure, telecommunications and, importantly, health facilities.

Last year almost 2 million people attended state public hospital emergency departments, but in regional areas, residents often lack easy access to health services.

In many rural and regional areas there aren’t enough doctors, specialists, healthcare providers or adequate equipment. A recent report claimed some towns have been left with just one obstetric general practitioner to serve a region of 19,000 people. Often people living in regional areas are undertaking trips to hospitals a day’s drive away for consultations and basic surgeries.

Smaller local hospitals and community health services often lack healthcare resources and modern, up-to-date facilities.

Ararat landscape looking towards the Grampians Mountain Range, VIC.

Road sign in the outback of SA.

East Grampians Health Service, Ararat VIC.

Maternity, obstetric and paediatric services present a huge challenge for our rural areas. Some towns have not had a specialist maternity service for over two decades. In less than 30 years more than 250 rural maternity services have been closed, forcing women to travel hundreds of kilometres to give birth. And if there have been complications pre-birth or after delivery, the outcome can be catastrophic.

On average, Australians living in regional, rural and remote areas have shorter lives and higher levels of disease and injury. Statistics show the five year survival rate for people diagnosed with cancer decreases as the remoteness increases and the death rate from cardiovascular disease is higher too. And the problem is growing as migration from larger cities places increased pressures on an already strained healthcare system.

Over 234,000 children are born in public hospitals per year throughout Australia. Without the Humpty Dumpty Foundation and its generous supporters, many would not survive.

Humpty’s Wish List has linked donors with the needs of frontline healthcare workers for more than 30 years, raising over $80 million and enabling the purchase of thousands of pieces of medical equipment for paediatric wards, neonatal units, maternity and emergency departments.

The Humpty Dumpty Foundation believes that children all over Australia deserve the best care and strives to give hospitals looking after children the right equipment, in the right place, at the right time.

babies are born in public hospitals per year throughout Australia.

Over 234,000

Roughly 29% of our population live in regional, rural and remote parts of Australia.

In less than 30 years more than 250 maternity services have been closed forcing women to travel hundreds of kilometres to give birth.

For many, Humpty is literally life-saving.

The Good (Easter) Egg Story

Dr Peter Barker OAM

What a strange year we’ve just had. Lock downs, bans on international travel and the deep introspective focus of all Australians on viral infections, particularly COVID-19. Out here in the bush it’s been life as usual, with a few twists of course. We don’t have public transport to avoid and like everyone else we’ve had the year of masks and social distance. The local shops have less product and the pharmacy definitely has less medication. We’re all appreciating the idea that ‘Made in Australia’ is something to support.

And our city cousins have taken on ‘Made in Australia’ with a vengeance when it comes to holidays as we saw at Easter in Cohuna, Victoria. We’re situated on the Gunbower Creek, a branch of the Murray River, and at Easter the forest had a camp at every bend on the river. Over the 190km of river we had a few thousand happy campers as well as a few thousand extra in the town. As expected, the visitors brought smiles and money but also a range of knocks, scrapes and illnesses.

Among the campfire burns and walking wounded were a few embedded fishhooks and one little boy named Sullivan. His mum and dad, both ambulance officers, were up for the holidays from Bannockburn visiting family with baby Sullivan.

Born by caesarean section five weeks earlier in Geelong, Sullivan woke one morning on holiday coughing and wheezing.

He was immediately red flagged by our experienced nurses in the Urgent Care Centre due to an oxygen saturation of 88% (rather than the hoped for 96%), a fast heart rate and a fast respiratory rate. There was no doubt assistance was needed.

Sullivan being treated at Cohuna District Hospital with Humpty’s Breath of Life.

Cheryl Tierney with Humpty’s Breath of Life.

What a relief to pull out the donated Humpty’s Breath of Life* neonatal resuscitation kit!

Rapidly we returned the vital signs to the correct range, transforming this 4kg little baby boy back into a happy camper and arranging a transfer to a paediatric facility.

Phone calls to Bendigo and to the Victorian paediatric retrieval service led to an accepted referral to the base hospital and the ambulance arrived soon after. We had planned to place baby Sullivan in the parent’s car capsule with the Breath of Life attached to the power point and oxygen in the ambulance. Unfortunately these safety conscious parents had a car capsule which attached to a mat and had no seat belt attachment, so this couldn’t be used in a standard ambulance.

Our rural ambulance wasn’t equipped with a webbing harness to secure a 4kg child (note to Humpty!) so the retrieval service requested we get the regional transport humidicrib from Echuca and transport Sullivan in that. The 90-minute wait whilst the ambulance went to retrieve the humidicrib and install Sullivan wasn’t stressful as we were stable with our modified Airvo. It would have been a highly stressful couple of hours without Humpty's help!

I’m pleased to say Sullivan spent 24 hours in the base hospital before returning to Cohuna where his parents decided it was safer than at their home, halfway between Ballarat and Geelong. This good egg story ended with our young family eating their Easter treats with family in Cohuna.

Thank you Humpty!

*Humpty’s Breath of Life is a specially designed package and includes a Neopuff Infant Resuscitator, Low Flow Bird Blender and MR950 Humidifier on a mobile stand. This life saving equipment provides humidified air during respiratory support to a sick baby or child and maintains them on a safe type of ventilation during transfer. Please see this equipment on Humpty's Wish List on page 24 if you are in a position to help.

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Sullivan being transported to Bendigo base Hospital.

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Family ties

Ross Greenwood

Richard Hockey, born Richard Hokeidonian, would have been so proud when, in his final year, he heard stories of his grandchildren creating chaos in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C.

He would have been just as proud to discover that the Humpty Dumpty Foundation has donated the Kanmed Baby Warmer to the Royal North Shore Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in his memory.

As a baby born in Bethlehem, Richard Hockey survived war and civil strife before he landed in Australia at 21, setting up a deli in Bondi before eventually settling on Sydney’s North Shore.

It was here that he found peace, happiness and success with his wife Beverley, four children and a self-named real estate business that prospered.

Witnessing in 2016, his third son — and some of his grandchildren — welcomed into the White House by the then President Barack Obama, was an incredible finale to a lifetime’s journey for Richard Hockey. As Joe Hockey himself said of Richard, “My father has been my lifetime hero. He speaks six languages and has skills I haven’t got.”

Earlier this year at a Humpty event, Joe Hockey chatted about his time in Washington as Ambassador and Australia’s relationship with America. Joe was involved in many high-level meetings during his time in the US, but it would have been the personal recollections, rather than political ones, that would have made Richard Hockey smile the most. One of Joe’s favourite anecdotes involved a tense moment with his son and the President.

President Obama with Joe Hockey at the Oval Office in Washington, D.C.

Joe with Ray at Humpty’s event — a tale of two cities.

America is the biggest investor in Australia “by far”, Joe speaking at the event.

“Anyway, the bottom line was President Obama opened the door, and I knew President Obama from the G20, and he said, ‘Joe, it’s great to see you come in.’ We had the official photo taken and then he asked each of the kids a question.

“He asked Xavier, ‘What do you want to see in the United States?’ Xavier said, ‘I’m really nervous about guns. I hope you can get rid of guns.’ And he said, ‘Oh, that’s great. Yeah, it’s a real problem here.’

“He then said to Adelaide, ‘What do you think?’ and she said, ‘Well, I really hope we don’t have a war.’ To which he said, ‘Yeah, I really hope so too Adelaide, and you know that we want peace.’

“And then there’s Iggy, who is six. Obama says, ‘What do you hope to get out of America?’ He says, ‘I want to be black.’

“Oh my God,” was Joe’s internal reaction.

“President Obama looks at me and says, ‘Okay, why is that Iggy?’ And Iggy says, ‘Because I want to jump really high in basketball.’ Thank God, right? He said, ‘You’ve got a great family, Joe.’ I said, ‘Yeah. This is my first family, Mr. President.”

But this is one of the great skills of Joe Hockey, to be able to tell an important story about our relationship with America, while at the same time humanising it. To make it real.

He noted, in this conversation, that America is the biggest investor in Australia “by far”, that Australians are embedded with the US’s 16 security agencies, as Americans are embedded in ours, that of 15 potential terrorist attacks on Australians, 12 of them were thwarted with the help of US assistance.

He says the special bond between Americans and Australians can be traced back to one event; oddly, in France played out brutally over two hours in 1918. That was the Battle of Hemel, a part of the bloody Somme campaign on the Western Front in the First World War. As Joe Hockey puts it, a British commander came to General Monash and said, “You have to take Hemel.” Monash argued that he didn’t have enough troops, so the British commander gave him 600 American soldiers who were considered to be inexperienced and poorly trained. So, Monash took the Americans and trained them alongside the Australians. As Hockey puts it, they got on. “I think one of the things that united them was we all hated the British. And it’s a bit of history of both sides,” he joked.

But eventually, Monash said he was ready to take Hemel, but the American General Pershing heard about this and protested that US troops would not fight under a foreign general. “We never have; we never will.”

At which point, “They started peeling off their uniforms and putting on Australian infantry uniforms. They said we’re not going to abandon you now. So Pershing gave in and gave two companies to Monash and they went into battle. And they turned the First World War. The Battle of Hemel, it’s a great story.”

And, as Hockey says: “We’re the only nation in the world who fought side-by-side with them in every single major conflict.”

“So, we got into the motorcade which takes us to the White House and in a waiting room, stupidly, they had red, white and blue M&M’s. My kids — six, nine and ten — just took the sugar hit, and started to do circuit work in the Roosevelt Room. It all started to go to crap.

And Joe Hockey puts this special relationship down to one word, that he promoted while with the Ambassador: “mateship” .

Joe with his family visiting the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C.

How Humpty’s Wish List works

Each year the Humpty Dumpty Foundation receives hundreds of submissions from hospitals and health services across Australia requesting a wide range of essential and specialised equipment to help them manage newborn and paediatric medical emergencies.

Our Wish List process is simple:

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With your support Humpty can continue its critical work of providing much needed medical equipment to more than 440 regional and metropolitan hospitals and health services nationally.

We invite you to join our community of Good Eggs by donating an item on our Wish List. Your gift will make a significant and lasting difference to the health and wellbeing of countless babies and their families.

A hospital or health service centre identifies a high-priority medical need where equipment can dramatically change or save the lives of sick and injured children. They reach out to Humpty for a helping hand.

Submissions are rigorously assessed by Humpty’s Medical Subcommittee, with representatives from health, senior medical specialists and a former government official.

Approved items are added to Humpty’s Wish List and published online and at events in the hope a ‘Good Egg’ will be able to help and donate.

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Humpty orders all donated equipment for delivery directly to the hospitals.

A donor plaque is affixed to the equipment recognising the generous support of the ‘Good Egg’. Feedback and photos are shared with the donor.

To grant some of the very special wishes that follow, please contact Humpty on (02) 9419 2410 or email humpty@humpty.com.au

Message from Humpty’s Medical Subcommittee

Kerry Chikarovski

Over 30 years ago, a somewhat younger looking but equally enthusiastic Paul Francis had an idea to hold a charity dinner to raise money to paint the walls of the Children’s Ward at Royal North Shore public hospital. Paul couldn’t believe that the hospital was struggling to provide the highest of care to our community’s children, but the problem went beyond the need to paint.

There was a chronic shortage of critical, life-saving equipment that could determine whether a child, ranging from premature babies right through to adolescents and teens, lived or died.

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As a former politician I am well-accustomed to traversing a world where people have divided opinions and often fail to see eye-to-eye on a whole range of important issues. But I am yet to meet a single person who would challenge the right of every child to have the best chance at living.

Humpty has grown astronomically from its humble ambitions of holding a single charity dinner to raise money for one local hospital, to an organisation that has raised millions of dollars to purchase equipment for hundreds of

hospitals across Australia. But throughout this time, it has stuck to core principles regarding the types of equipment its donations will fund.

Firstly, we strongly believe that it’s those working on the frontline in our hospitals that are best-placed to make an assessment of what equipment they truly need. This is why we ask the hospitals themselves to make funding requests for specific equipment directly to Humpty.

Secondly, the equipment must be essential and we have a rigorous process in place to decide what essential truly means. The Medical Subcommittee oversee, and often debate each and every request, deciding if a piece of equipment should be provided by Humpty. We are determined to ensure that governments continue to accept their obligations to be the major provider of equipment in our hospitals. We believe our role is to supplement, not substitute.

By supporting Humpty, you are gifting hundreds of children and families for many years to come the most important gift of all — the gift of hope and the best chance at a happy and healthy life no matter what challenges the world throws at them.

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may have faded, but what is etched fully in my memory is the passion of people over subsequent years and their unwavering willingness to support Humpty’s cause.

Only items that pass this rigorous assessment are added to the Wish List which we present to you, our generous donors and supporters.

Kerry and her daughter Lisa on Humpty’s Hike, Cradle Mountain 2012.

Chairman’s Wishes

In consultation with Humpty’s Medical Subcommittee, we have selected these pieces of equipment as top priorities for the hospitals and health services that have requested them. They will really make a huge difference to babies and children.

FIONA STANLEY HOSPITAL OLYMPIC BRAINZ MONITOR KIT:

$83,180

NEONATAL UNIT, WA

The Olympic Brainz Monitor Kit provides actionable neurological information during the early stages of newborn development. Through seamless brain monitoring and seizure detection, clinicians can make life-saving decisions in the most critical situations.

The donation of this piece of equipment will allow Fiona Stanley Hospital to monitor more babies at any one time, which will reduce the need to transfer babies to another facility and potentially separate the family and baby. The transfer of babies to other hospitals can place financial and emotional stress on the family and baby and therefore is something Fiona Stanley are aiming to avoid.

The Olympic Brainz Monitor is urgently required at Fiona Stanley as over 3,000 babies are birthed there every year, highlighting the need for this advanced equipment.

WAGGA WAGGA HOSPITAL

GIRAFFE OMNIBED CARESTATION:

$61,440 each, 2 needed

PAEDIATRICS & NICU, NSW

Incubators provide the warmth and protection necessary for the optimal growth of sick preterm infants. This crib enables better access to the sicker babies and combines the best features of a traditional incubator and a radiant warmer to eliminate the stress of transferring critically ill infants from bed to bed. Over 1,200 pregnant women present to Wagga Wagga each year with an additional 300 infants admitted for care.

From these large presentation numbers, at least one baby per week will directly benefit from the donation of a Giraffe OmniBed Carestation to Wagga Wagga Hospital.

NGANAMPA HEALTH COUNCIL

RAD 67 PULSE CO-OXIMETER: $4,430 each, 5 needed

AMATA CLINIC, SA (1)

FREGON CLINIC, SA (1)

MIMILI CLINIC, SA (1)

PIALYATJARA CLINIC, SA (1)

PUKATJA CLINIC, SA (1)

Nganampa Health Council (NHC) is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health service providing health care on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in the far northwest of South Australia, adjacent to the Northern Territory border. Children on the APY Lands live in an extremely remote area of Australia, where there are high levels of unemployment and poverty, low levels of educational attainment, and despite improvements in some areas, poor health outcomes.

Remotely located Aboriginal children have a high prevalence of anaemia which, if left untreated, can affect a child’s growth and development. Therefore checking and testing haemoglobin levels (via blood tests) is critical. This portable, handheld SpHb device is non-invasive and allows for low levels of haemoglobin to be easily and quickly detected and treated earlier. As well as servicing remotely located SA residents, children located in the south of the NT will also benefit greatly from the donation of these devices.

COLAC AREA HEALTH

CARESCAPE B450 MONITOR: $28,300

URGENT CARE, VIC

Carescape monitors are used to observe sick patients who require continuous monitoring of their heart rate, respiratory rate and oxygen saturations. They are used on children with respiratory conditions such as bronchiolitis, pneumonia and asthma, and children with cardiac problems or seizure disorders.

This flexibly designed bedside monitor will allow Colac Area Health to observe tiny patients safely and reliably, and to recognise and quickly respond to any changes in their conditions. The donation of this monitor will greatly enhance the care provided at Colac Area Health and has been on Humpty’s Wish List for almost a year.

Following is a snapshot of equipment urgently needed in hospitals and health services in different States and Territories across Australia. Please refer to pages 22 — 26 to view the detailed list of additional equipment needed. If you are in a position to help support by donating medical equipment, please contact us on (02) 9419 2410 or email: humpty@humpty.com.au

Humpty’s Wish List NSW + ACT

MOUNT DRUITT HOSPITAL

EMERGENCY, NSW

AIRVO 2 HUMIDIFIER: $2,290 each, 4 needed

Humidification is important for babies and children suffering from respiratory problems, such as bronchitis, pneumonia and cystic fibrosis. Humidified air and oxygen help them breathe restfully and clears the chest for ongoing treatment and recovery.

MANNING HOSPITAL

PAEDIATRIC WARD, NSW

GIRAFFE INCUBATOR CARESTATION: $34,640

This incubator allows a healthy, nurturing connection between babies and their families. The parents and staff have easy access to these vulnerable babies when performing care. In addition, the incubator offers clinicians enhanced visibility and interaction with their tiniest babies whilst providing continuous warmth to give the patients the comfort and stability they need to grow, heal, and progress. With the acquisition of this equipment, the delivery of professional medical care with accurate monitoring can be offered 24/7 to all neonates birthed at and presenting to Manning Hospital.

CALVARY PUBLIC HOSPITAL

EMERGENCY, ACT

NEWBORN ANNE TRAINING MANIKIN: $4,140

The Newborn Anne neonatal baby simulator is a manikin designed for skills training in neonatal resuscitation. With anatomical accuracy the manikin is designed to focus on the critical resuscitation skills required in the first ten minutes of a newborn’s life.

CALVARY PUBLIC HOSPITAL

OPERATING THEATRE, ACT

PANDA RESUSCITATION

WARMER: $34,290

This resuscitation unit is vital for providing infants with a purposebuilt examination bed that includes a warmer as well as special monitoring devices. It can be stocked with other smaller equipment and provides oxygen needed for resuscitation as well as treating critically ill babies.

ECHUCA REGIONAL HEALTH

MATERNITY, VIC

SYMPHONY BREAST PUMP WITH STAND: $3,470

The Medela Symphony Breast Pump will be used by lactating mothers to stimulate breast milk supply and to express extra breast milk for babies. This piece of equipment will ensure the health and wellbeing of infants in the community with long lasting benefits extending throughout childhood and beyond.

LAUNCESTON GENERAL HOSPITAL

WOMEN’S & CHILDREN’S SERVICES, TAS

CONNEX VITAL SIGNS MONITOR: $6,440 each, 4 needed

This piece of equipment allows accurate assessment of vital signs like temperature, blood pressure and oxygen saturation levels in the paediatric setting. This monitor will recognise deteriorating clinical conditions immediately, allowing for early intervention which greatly reduces further health risks to the child. The Connex Monitor is an absolutely vital piece of equipment in the ward.

MILDURA BASE PUBLIC HOSPITAL

NURSERY, VIC INTELLIVUE MP5 WITH ROLL STAND: $10,360

This piece of life-saving equipment provides vital signs and cardiac monitoring, which allows for the safe assessment of premature and sick neonates while providing speedy intervention to prevent complications.

Mildura Base Public Hospital has a Special Care Nursery where 34-week neonates present, as well as other premature and sick babies. Equipment to assess vital signs accurately and enable quick recognition of deterioration to provide appropriate intervention is critical.

LATROBE REGIONAL HOSPITAL

PAEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE, VIC

HAMILTON C1 NEO

VENTILATOR: $41,970

The Hamilton Neonatal Ventilator is a versatile ventilator featuring various non-invasive modes to provide effective, safe and lung-protective ventilation for even the smallest preterm infants. This critical piece of equipment supports newborn premature babies and those born with respiratory complications that are unable to breathe.

KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN

NICU, WA

RAD 7 PULSE OXIMETER:

$4,750 each, 3 needed

By shining a light through the baby’s finger or toe, the oximeter measures the amount of oxygen in their capillaries. The oximeter sounds an alarm at the slightest change in oxygen levels, allowing life-saving action to be taken to prevent damage to organs such as the brain, lungs and eyes.

CRYSTAL BROOK AND DISTRICT HOSPITAL

YORKE & NORTHERN MIDWIFERY GROUP, SA

BILISOFT LED PHOTOTHERAPY SYSTEM: $9,990 each, 2 needed

Jaundice, detected as a yellowing of the skin and eyes, occurs in 50% of full-term babies and 80% of preterm babies in their first week of life. Without prompt treatment, jaundice can cause cerebral palsy, deafness and/or brain damage. This machine uses phototherapy (exposure to fluorescent light bulbs or other light sources) to effectively treat the jaundice while at the same time enabling the parents to hold or feed their child without disturbing the therapeutic treatment in progress.

BUSSELTON HOSPITAL

MATERNITY, WA

PANDA RESUSCITATION

WARMER: $34,290

This resuscitation unit is vital for providing infants with a purposebuilt examination bed that includes a warmer as well as special monitoring devices. It can be stocked with other smaller equipment and provides oxygen needed for resuscitation as well as treating critically ill babies. Busselton Hospital has been trying to source funding for over three years for this piece of vital equipment.

LYELL MCEWIN HOSPITAL

NORTHERN AREA MIDWIFERY GROUP PRACTICE (NAMGP) AND HOME VISITING MIDWIVES, SA

JAUNDICE DETECTOR: $4,940 each, 2 needed

All babies are checked for jaundice (yellowing of the skin) on a daily basis. This detector is used to help clinicians determine jaundice levels through the skin without harming the baby. If jaundice is left untreated there is a possibility of cerebral palsy, deafness and/or brain damage.

GOVE HOSPITAL

EMERGENCY, NT

MX450 MONITOR WITH ROLL STAND: $17,130 each, 2 needed

One of the most common pieces of equipment used for sick and preterm babies, this equipment enables monitoring of heart rate, blood pressure, breathing and oxygen levels. Staff are alerted immediately when any of these vital signs change and can avert a potentially fatal event. As all babies who are less than 34 weeks gestation require cardiac respiratory monitoring due to immaturity, this cardiac monitor is essential. This particular monitor is configured with a roll stand.

ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL

NICU, NT

C-MAC VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE

BLADES 0 & 1: $16,670

Royal Darwin Hospital is requesting blades for the C-MAC Video Laryngoscope in sizes 0 & 1. These will be used to provide care to the smallest of patients within the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, where intubation occurs at least once every week.

IPSWICH HOSPITAL

CHILDREN’S SUNSHINE WARD, QLD RAD 5 PULSE OXIMETER: $2,180 each, 4 needed

Accurate measurement of pulse rate, oxygen saturation and blood flow is essential in assessing the current status and treatment implications for paediatric patients. The Rad 5 (handheld) allows nurses to record arterial oxygen levels accurately and efficiently and quickly track any changes.

ROYAL BRISBANE & WOMEN’S HOSPITAL

SPECIAL CARE NURSERY, QLD

VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE WITH C-MAC BLADES 0 & 1: $27,460

This handheld device is a video guided scope which facilitates successful intubation for neonatal resuscitation, or when a baby needs to be ventilated and requires an endotracheal tube. This highly accurate technology also greatly decreases the incidence of intubation-induced infection, secondary to multiple failed intubation attempts. Video guidance during the procedure improves the success rate of initial attempts to intubate and is much more comfortable and less distressing to the baby. This bundle includes two blades.

Detailed list of Additional Wishes Under $5,000

EZ-IO DRILL: $850 each

Armidale Hospital, Emergency, NSW (1), Gatton Hospital, Emergency, QLD (1)

CALESCA MILK WARMING DEVICE: $1,700 each

Manning Hospital, Paediatric Ward, NSW (3)

NEOPUFF RESUSCITATION DEVICE: $1,920 each

Fiona Stanley Hospital, Neonatal Unit, WA (2), Ipswich Hospital, Special Care Nursery, QLD (1), Lithgow Hospital, Emergency, NSW (1), Nepean Hospital, Special Care Nursery, NSW (1), Wagga Wagga Hospital, Maternity, NSW (1)

RAD 5 PULSE OXIMETER: $2,180 each

Atherton Hospital, Maternity, QLD (2), Baralaba Hospital, Emergency, QLD (1), Blacktown Hospital, Women’s & Children’s Unit, NSW (5) , Boonah Hospital, Nursing, QLD (1), Box Hill Hospital, Special Care Nursery, VIC (1), Coffs Harbour Hospital, Maternity, NSW (2), Gatton Hospital, Emergency, QLD (2), Geraldton Hospital, Paediatrics, WA (1), Ipswich Hospital, Children’s Sunshine Ward & attached Paediatric Emergency Department, QLD (4), Katherine Hospital, Emergency, NT (1), Kyogle Multi-Purpose Service, Emergency & Community Health NSW (1), Liverpool Hospital, Birthing Unit, NSW (2), Longreach Hospital, Maternity, QLD (2), Lyell McEwin Hospital, Children’s Ward, SA (1), Sandringham Hospital, Emergency, VIC (2), Tamworth Community Health Service, Primary Care Services, NSW (1), The Northern Hospital, Maternity, VIC (3), Wagga Wagga Hospital, Maternity, NSW (1), Wauchope Hospital, Urgent Care Centre, NSW (1)

EZ-IO DRILL & EDUCATOR KIT: $2,430 each

Armidale Hospital, Emergency, NSW (1), Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, Emergency, NSW (2), Bathurst Health Service, Emergency, NSW (1), Bunbury Hospital, Paediatrics, WA (1), Calvary Public Hospital, Operating Theatre, ACT (1), Latrobe Regional Hospital, Critical Care, VIC (1), Nepean

Hospital, Anaesthetics & Recovery, NSW (1), Wagga Wagga Hospital, Clinical Education & Training, NSW (1), Werribee Mercy Hospital, Special Care Nursery, VIC (1)

SYMPHONY BREAST PUMP WITH STAND (INCLUDES TRADE IN): $2,820 each

Crystal Brook & District Hospital, Yorke & Northern Midwifery Group, SA (1), Wallaroo Hospital, Yorke & Northern Midwifery Group, SA (1)

AIRVO 2 HUMIDIFIER: $2,920 each

Cairns Hospital, Paediatric Unit, QLD (1), Mount Druitt Hospital, Children’s Ward, NSW (3), Mount Druitt Hospital, Emergency, NSW (4), Nepean Hospital, Children’s Ward, NSW (1), The Kilmore District Hospital, Urgent Care Centre, VIC (1), Theodore Multipurpose Health Service, Emergency, QLD (1)

ASTODIA DIAPHANOSCOPE: $3,410 each

Alice Springs Hospital, Paediatrics, NT (2), Angliss Hospital, Special Care Nursery, VIC (1), Atherton Hospital, Maternity Unit, QLD (2), Baralaba Hospital, Emergency, QLD (1), Boonah Hospital, Nursing, QLD (1), Cairns Hospital, Paediatric Unit, QLD (1), Canterbury Hospital, Paediatrics, NSW (1), Djerriwarrh Health Service, Special Care Nursery, VIC (1), Kempsey Hospital, Emergency Department, NSW (1), Liverpool Hospital, Neonatal Intensive Care, NSW (1), Loxton Hospital Complex, Acute Care, SA (1), Mackay Base Hospital, Women’s Health Unit, QLD (1), Mercy Hospital for Women, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, VIC (1), Monash Children’s Hospital, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, VIC (1), Mount Isa Base Hospital, Special Care Nursery, QLD (1), Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Newborn Care, NSW (1), The Kilmore & District Hospital, Urgent Care Centre, VIC (1), Whyalla Hospital & Health Services, Women’s & Children’s Health, SA (1)

SYMPHONY BREAST PUMP WITH STAND: $3,470 each

Alice Springs Hospital, Paediatrics, NT (1), Central Gippsland Health Service, Women’s & Children’s Unit, VIC (2), Echuca Regional Health, Maternity, VIC (2), Goulburn Hospital, Ruth Stevenson Wing Maternity, NSW (1)**, Newman Hospital, Emergency, WA (1), Werribee Mercy Hospital, Special Care Nursery, VIC (2)

ALARIS GP PLUS LARGE VOLUME PUMP: $3,620

Nganampa Health Council, Clinics, SA

NEWBORN ANNE TRAINING MANIKIN: $4,140 each

Calvary Public Hospital, Emergency, ACT (1), Canterbury Hospital, Paediatrics, NSW (1)

BROSELOW PREMIER

PAEDIATRIC COLOUR CODE CART: $4,320

Fairfield Hospital, Emergency, NSW

PAEDIATRIC INTUBATION TRAINER MANIKIN TORSO: $4,420

Auburn Hospital, Operating Theatre, NSW

RAD 7 PULSE OXIMETER: $4,750 each

Ballina Hospital, Emergency, NSW (2), Blackwater Hospital, Emergency, QLD (1), Byron Central Hospital, Emergency, NSW (1), Gladstone Hospital, Child Health & Paediatrics, QLD (1), Gympie Hospital, Maternity, QLD (2), Ipswich Hospital, Special Care Nursery, QLD (2), Jamestown Hospital & Health Service, Yorke & Northern Midwifery Group, SA (1), King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, Neonatal

Clinical Care Unit, WA (3), Kununurra Hospital, Paediatrics & Staff Development, WA (1), Kyogle Multi-Purpose Service, Emergency & Community Health, NSW (1), Mount Isa Base Hospital, Special Care Nursery, QLD (2), Port Pirie Regional Health Service, Yorke & Northern Midwifery Group, SA (1), Tamworth Hospital, Maternity, NSW (3), Wagga Wagga Hospital, Maternity Unit, NSW (2), Wollongong Hospital, Emergency, NSW (1)

JAUNDICE DETECTOR: $4,940 each

Canterbury Hospital, Maternity, NSW (2), Casey Hospital, Maternity/Extended Postnatal care, VIC (2), Coffs Harbour Hospital, Aboriginal Midwifery Infant Health Service, NSW (1), Cootamundra Hospital, Maternity, NSW (1), Dandenong Campus, Maternity/Extended Postnatal Care (domiciliary), VIC (2), Frankston Hospital, Women’s Services Midwifery Homecare, VIC (1), Gippsland Southern Health Service, Maternity, VIC (1)**, Glen Innes Hospital, Maternity, NSW (1), Ipswich Hospital, Maternity, QLD (1), Kyogle Multi-Purpose Service, Emergency & Community Health, NSW (1), Longreach Hospital, Maternity, QLD (2), Lyell McEwin Hospital, Special Care Nursery, SA (3), Mercy Hospital for Women, Domiciliary home care, VIC (1), Queanbeyan Hospital, Maternity, NSW (1), Redland Hospital, Paediatrics, QLD (1), Riverland General Hospital, Maternity, SA (1), Robinvale District Health Services, Clinical Services & Urgent Care Centre, VIC (1), Shoalhaven Hospital, Emergency, NSW (1), Tamworth Community Health Service, Primary Care Services, NSW (1), Tumut Hospital, Maternity, NSW (1), Wagga Wagga Hospital, Maternity Unit, NSW (1), Warren Health Service (Manjimup), Midwifery Group Practice, WA (1), Werribee Mercy Hospital, Paediatric Unit, VIC (1), Westmead Hospital, Maternity Home Care, NSW (2), Whyalla Hospital & Health Services, Women’s & Children’s Health, SA (1), Wollongong Hospital, Emergency, NSW (1), Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Neonatology, SA (1)

Wishes that appear with ** have been on the Wish List for more than a year and are urgently required.

The cost of the medical equipment as published by the Humpty Dumpty Foundation is an accurate estimate of the list price at the time of publication. It also includes an allowance for delivery, handling and handover costs and a plaque to acknowledge the donor. The actual cost of equipment may be different at the time of purchase. Any shortfall in the cost of the equipment will be paid by Humpty, any surplus will be treated as a donation to Humpty’s general account and will be used to financially support the Foundation.

EFFICIA NEONATAL MONITOR WITH ROLL STAND: $6,220

Queanbeyan Hospital, Maternity, NSW

GIRAFFE BLUE LED SPOT

PHOTOTHERAPY UNIT WITHOUT STAND: $6,420 each

Mount Isa Base Hospital, Special Care Nursery, QLD (2)

CONNEX VITAL SIGNS MONITOR: $6,440 each

Alice Springs Hospital, Paediatrics, NT (1), Central Gippsland Health Service, Women’s and Children’s Unit, VIC (2), Deniliquin Hospital, Maternity, NSW (1), Goulburn Hospital, Ruth Stevenson Wing Maternity, NSW (1), Gove Hospital, Paediatrics, NT (2), Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, Emergency, NSW (1), Inglewood Multi-Purpose Health Service, Acute Services, QLD (1), Katherine Hospital, Emergency, NT (1), Katherine Hospital, Maternity, NT (1), Katherine Hospital, Paediatrics, NT (1), Kununurra Hospital, Paediatrics & Staff Development, WA (1), Launceston General Hospital, Women’s & Children’s Services, TAS (4), Moruya Hospital, Maternity, NSW (1), Robinvale District Health Services, Immunisation Clinic, VIC (1), Sandringham Hospital, Special Care Nursery, VIC (1), South West Healthcare Warrnambool, Maternity, VIC (1), The Northern Hospital, Maternity, VIC (1)**

BILILUX LED PHOTOTHERAPY LIGHT WITH TROLLEY: $7,020

Wollongong Hospital, Neonatal Unit, NSW

GIRAFFE BLUE LED SPOT

PHOTOTHERAPY UNIT WITH STAND: $7,390

Mount Isa Base Hospital, Special Care Nursery, QLD

KANMED BABY WARMER MATTRESS: $8,320

Auburn Hospital, Newborn Care, NSW

HUMPTY’S BREATH OF LIFE: $8,800 each

Bathurst Health Service, Special Care Nursery, NSW (1), Port Augusta Hospital & Regional Health Services, Casuarina Ward, SA (1)

JM-105 JAUNDICE DETECTOR: $9,680 each

Ceduna District Health Service, Midwifery, SA (1), Port Macquarie Base Hospital, Maternity, NSW (1), South West Healthcare, Maternity, VIC (1)

BILISOFT LED PHOTOTHERAPY SYSTEM: $9,990 each

Blacktown Hospital, Women’s and Children’s Unit, NSW (1), Blacktown Hospital, Newborn Care, NSW (1), Blacktown Hospital, Midwifery Group Practice, NSW (1), Blacktown Hospital, Maternity, NSW (1), Blue Mountains Hospital, Paediatrics, NSW (1), Central Gippsland Health Service, Women’s & Children’s Unit, VIC (1), Clare Hospital, Yorke & Northern Midwifery Group, SA (2), Colac Area Health, Maternity, VIC (1)**, Crystal Brook & District Hospital, Yorke and Northern Midwifery group, SA (2), Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, Paediatrics in the Home, NSW (1), Latrobe Regional Hospital, Special Care Nursery, VIC (1)**, Lyell McEwin Hospital, Northern Area Midwifery Group Practice (NAMGP) and Home Visiting Midwives, SA (2), Lyell McEwin Hospital, Special Care Nursery, SA (1), Nepean Hospital, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, NSW (1), Sandringham Hospital, Special Care Nursery, VIC (1), Wallaroo Hospital, Yorke and Northern Midwifery group, SA (1), Werribee Mercy Hospital, Paediatric Unit, VIC (2), Westmead Hospital, Midwifery & Home Care, NSW (1), Westmead Hospital, Women’s Health Clinic, NSW (1), Whyalla Hospital & Health Services, Women’s & Children’s Health, SA (1)

INTELLIVUE MP5 WITH ROLL STAND: $10,360

Mildura Base Public Hospital, Midwifery/ Special Care, NSW

BILICOCOON PHOTOTHERAPY NEST: $11,930

Orange Health Service, Special Care Nursery, NSW

ALSI MEDICAL SIMULATOR: $12,060

Broome Hospital, Maternity/Paediatric Unit, WA**

CARESCAPE B450 MONITOR: $12,090

Lyell McEwin Hospital, Children’s Ward, SA

INFINITY M540 STANDALONE MONITOR AND ROLL STAND: $12,420

Bass Coast Health, Maternity, VIC

C-MAC VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE BLADES 0 & 1: $16,670

Royal Darwin Hospital, NICU, NT

INTELLIVUE MX550 MONITOR WITH X3 MODULE: $16,920

Port Macquarie Base Hospital, Maternity, NSW

MX450 MONITOR ON ROLL STAND: $17,130 each

Gove Hospital, Emergency, NT (2)

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Over $20,000

INTELLIVUE MX450 MONITOR WITH X3 MODULE & CENTRAL MONITORING SYSTEM: $23,920 each

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Paediatrics, NSW (2)

VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE WITH C-MAC 1 & 3: $26,500

Latrobe Regional Hospital, Community Engagement, VIC

VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE WITH C-MAC 0 & 1: $27,460

Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Special Care Nursery, QLD

GIRAFFE SHUTTLE: $27,990 each

Fiona Stanley Hospital, Neonatal Unit, WA (2)

REUSABLE VISION ULTRA ADVANCED VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE: $30,200

Wollongong Hospital, Paediatrics, NSW

Wishes that appear with ** have been on the Wish List for more than a year and are urgently required.

PANDA NEONATAL RESUSCITAIRE UNIT: $34,290 each

Busselton Hospital, Maternity, WA (1), Calvary Public Hospital, Operating Theatre, ACT (1), Goulburn Valley Health, Special Care Nursery, VIC (1), Grafton Base Hospital, Emergency, NSW (1), Karratha Health Campus, Emergency, WA (1), Kununurra Hospital, Paediatrics & Staff Development, WA (1), Shoalhaven Hospital, Emergency, NSW (1), Swan Hill District Health, Maternity, VIC (1)**, Temora Hospital, Maternity, NSW (1)

GIRAFFE INCUBATOR CARESTATION: $34,640

Manning Hospital, Paediatric Ward, NSW

INTELLIVUE MX450 MONITOR BUNDLE: $36,990

Manning Hospital, Paediatric Ward, NSW

GIRAFFE WARMER: $38,480

Wollongong Hospital, Paediatrics/Special Care, NSW

HAMILTON C1 NEONATAL VENTILATOR: $41,970

Latrobe Hospital, Paediatric Critical Care, VIC Liverpool Hospital, Emergency, NSW

HAMILTON T1 NEO VENTILATOR: $59,880

The cost of the medical equipment as published by the Humpty Dumpty Foundation is an accurate estimate of the list price at the time of publication. It also includes an allowance for delivery, handling and handover costs and a plaque to acknowledge the donor. The actual cost of equipment may be different at the time of purchase. Any shortfall in the cost of the equipment will be paid by Humpty, any surplus will be treated as a donation to Humpty’s general account and will be used to financially support the Foundation.

YOU CAN HELP save A CHILD’S LIFE

Sharing the care

Jane Davies

The beautiful historical regional town of Braidwood in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, is firmly on the road trip radar for Sydneysiders and Canberrans. With its historical buildings, boutique shops, chic B&Bs and destination cafes and restaurants, it’s quintessential country Australia.

But Braidwood’s thriving community of local residents live and work in one of the many regional areas of the country that relies on donations, philanthropy and community spirit to help it get through the tough times.

With family farming connections in Braidwood going back more than 150 years, locals Jacqui Clarke and her husband Michael, are part of the fabric of the Braidwood community. Passionate about connecting people with their community, they’ve been raising money and awareness for the Humpty Dumpty Foundation for years and in the process, positively changing the lives of sick children and their families.

“Michael and I first donated equipment to Braidwood Hospital through the Humpty Dumpty Foundation back in 2016 after learning of their need for emergency equipment they didn’t have,” says Jacqui.

You can see that the money is going towards medical equipment specifically requested by hospitals and facilities, and that these medical appliances have realtime and real-life benefits from the moment they arrive.”

From their initial donation in 2016, the Clarke’s have been important advocates for the work that the Humpty Dumpty Foundation does, not just in Braidwood but throughout regional and isolated areas of Australia.

“What we love about the way Humpty works is that donations are so tangible and transparent.

Michael and Jacqui Clarke visiting Braidwood to see the difference their donation has made, 2016.

Darryn Griggs and Ros Simpson with the donated RAD 67 Pulse CO-Oximeter.

Humpty's famous yellow sticker, affixed to every piece of donated equipment.

“We’ve been so moved that the equipment donations help save lives that we wanted to encourage our friends and others looking for ways they can help, to donate to Humpty. We’re in a fortunate position to donate ourselves and be able to spread the message to others in a similar position.”

“There’s always been a strong commitment within local regional communities to help each other. Since the drought, the bushfires and COVID-19, awareness of the very real ways the regions are doing it tough has become more widespread but critically the long-term needs of communities extend much further than the immediate relief,” says Jacqui.

Asked if the difference in the way the Humpty Dumpty Foundation works makes a difference to people’s perception of donating, Jacqui is quite clear.

“We have to share the care. Everyone has a right to healthcare and simply because you live in a regional or remote community doesn’t mean your right is any less than those living in the city. What the Humpty Dumpty Foundation does is connect those less able to access the resources, with those that can help provide them."

“Without a doubt, providing an immediately measurable donation is extremely rewarding. But in conjunction with that we need to help join the dots. Connecting hospitals to Humpty, donors to hospitals, getting the word out and telling people and organisations that this is happening, are all vital parts of continuing the fantastic work that Humpty does.”

“Because hospitals are able to ask for exactly what they need, donors to Humpty can fill those particular and unique gaps, rather than simply wonder where their money went. And when you can count children helped and lives saved in actual numbers, people know they’re making a difference.”

But there is plenty of work to do and Jacqui personally understands that she can play an important role in awareness-raising through her network for the Humpty Dumpty Foundation, as well as educating people on how they can help.

“By telling people what I’m doing, sharing it on my social media and encouraging others to do the same, I can sow the seeds of participation. I love telling people about the fantastic cafe’s, bakeries, boutiques and restaurants in Braidwood, by giving a shout out to them on Facebook and if I can do the same for Humpty, that’s huge!”

Jacqui’s enthusiasm and drive for Humpty’s work is evident and stems from a strong feeling that equality in healthcare is deserved by all.

“Humpty helps on a very local level. It’s all about supporting and investing in our own communities and doing what you can to foster and build them so that they can continue to thrive. We’ve got to do more than just welcome new families and businesses but provide the facilities they need to live and work and encourage new people to be part of their community. By helping the Humpty Dumpty Foundation you’re helping everyone.”

The Clarke’s divide their time between Sydney and the country, but the greatest sense of community comes from their time in Braidwood, seeing the results of their first donation and others since, has given her family a deep sense of gratitude for the community.

“We’ve been out to some of the Indigenous and remote communities in the Northern Territory, not just regional New South Wales, and when you see the specific pieces of medical equipment in action, it really hits home.

Humpty — addressing the national health gap

With more people moving out to live in regional areas than ever before, healthcare facilities are going to become stretched even further.

“Braidwood is the spiritual home of Michael’s ancestors and we feel an abiding sense of belonging and a responsibility to help it prosper in any way we can. The Humpty Dumpty Foundation helps us help our community.”

Philanthropic donations directly saving lives in communities

First published in The Australian Financial Review, December 2020

Mark Eggleton

If 2020 has taught us anything it’s how inextricably linked global economic prosperity is to health and how fragile our economy is to the effects of a global pandemic. It is a year that has highlighted how important access to healthcare is for all of us.

Yet providing healthcare for all is sometimes out of reach for many governments and that’s where the global philanthropic sector can step up to the plate. Earlier this year, research by Global Citizen, an anti-poverty group, found while global philanthropy had increased markedly over the past 40 years, the world’s wealthiest could still do more.

One particular criticism was some of the world’s richest individuals tend to give to private charitable foundations where the money often doesn’t get spent for many years

whereas the most effective way to give is to put the money straight to work by giving direct charitable grants to beneficiaries.

In a list of some of the world’s top charitable givers put together by Forbes magazine, particular emphasis was put on those giving directly and unsurprisingly, some of the largest donors were those already known such as Warren Buffet and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Closer to home, Australia’s Humpty Dumpty Foundation is one organisation that provides direct assistance to beneficiaries and it has been doing it for more than 30 years. The Foundation is a children’s charity that purchases essential and often life-saving medical equipment for sick and injured children in paediatric wards, neonatal units, maternity and emergency departments in hospitals across Australia.

Curt Zuber (second from right) with his Westpac team for the Humpty Dumpty Balmoral Burn.

Above: Humpty’s patron, Ray Martin AM visiting Davey at home in Gove, NT.

Below: Closing the gap ... Dr Louise Woodward with young patient Davey in the neonatal transport cot.

The Zuber family has been a donor to the Humpty Dumpty Foundation over these past three decades and they say the “beauty of Humpty is everyone can identify with children in need and every child deserves access to the best available healthcare”.

What this means for the Northern Territory is they now have life-saving equipment that can transport babies and keep them stable in the air as they’re flown to major hospitals in capital cities such as Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney on board Careflight.

“We have patients with some of the highest health needs in the nation, but our small population means that we don’t have access to some specialised services like cardiac surgery for children. This transport cot means that our patients can access treatments not previously available to them,” Woodward says.

The long-time Westpac Treasurer and soon-to-retire Zuber says donations don’t have to be tied to a large piece of equipment because even smaller pieces can make a huge difference in rural and remote areas.

“There’s nothing more heartbreaking when a parent loses a child because a local hospital didn’t have access to a piece of equipment and that particular machine might have been worth just $2000 or less,” he says.

A case in point is in the Northern Territory where the Humpty Dumpty Foundation has donated handheld echocardiogram (ECG) machines to help monitor heart health in children in remote communities.

Royal Darwin Hospital paediatrician Dr Louise Woodward says these machines are proving vital in remote communities where rheumatic heart disease remains an issue despite being eradicated in most of Australia.

Moreover, Dr Woodward says these machines assist Aboriginal healthcare workers to better serve their communities by screening local children for heart disease and picking up symptoms early.

The training around their usage is also “giving local health workers additional skills in remote communities where there is already a lack of employment opportunities, adequate housing and sometimes hope”.

For Woodward, she has never come across another charity that is so focused on improving child health outcomes so directly.

“They’re genuinely closing the gap and helping us do our work,” she says. “They listen to what we want and what we need on the ground.”

For example, the Humpty Dumpty Foundation was able to purchase Royal Darwin Hospital a $300,000 neonatal transport incubator which is basically “an intensive care unit on wheels for a baby”.

“Since receiving the intensive care cot we have transported over 20 babies in the last 18 months that would have died without that equipment. It’s sophisticated equipment that keeps even the sickest of babies stable in the air.

“Transporting newborns is very specialised and requires sophisticated equipment which is particularly important for us in the Northern Territory because we are so remote and our neonatal mortality rate is much higher than anywhere else in Australia,” she says.

It’s a reason why the Foundation’s direct support is so vitally important and it’s something that particularly resonates with Zuber.

“Sometimes it can be a little hard to see where your charitable donations might be going, but with the Humpty Dumpty Foundation your name is associated directly with a piece of equipment.”

He says one way to approach giving to the Humpty Dumpty Foundation is to team up with a group of people and come together to purchase a piece of equipment.

“I know people approach giving in different ways but with the Foundation, you can feel it, touch it and see exactly what your giving has done and (if you want) go to where it is and see it making a difference,” Zuber concludes.

“When you give, you’re buying a piece of equipment for (often) a hospital in a rural or remote area so you can see exactly how your money is spent,”Curt Zuber says.

When Sebastian Atze was born, his parents Tiffany and Mathew were a little unprepared as their second child had decided to arrive three weeks early on Christmas Eve in 2014. But after a normal pregnancy and an uncomplicated birth in the small local hospital at Loxton, South Australia, Tiffany was excited to meet her new little boy.

It wasn’t long after Sebastian’s arrival that Tiffany and her nurses noticed that he was struggling to breathe so his doctor placed a call to Adelaide Women’s and Children’s Hospital who agreed to send a medical team by helicopter the 250kms to Loxton. In the meantime, Sebastian’s X-rays showed he had a congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), a life-threatening condition in babies.

At 5am on Christmas Day, Sebastian and Tiffany arrived in Adelaide where Sebastian underwent life-saving surgery. While the initial surgery was successful there were complications that followed and Sebastian faced more surgery on New Year’s Day, and his parents were told to prepare for the worst.

Thankfully, Sebastian pulled through but both he and his parents faced months of uncertainty about his ongoing surgeries, when he’d be allowed home and how his specialised care was going to be managed in a small country town that didn’t even have a full-time doctor.

Sebastian had to be fed chemically by a line that ran straight to a vein close to his heart. The method of feeding, called Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN), delivers all the nutrients the body needs but can also place the patient, in this case a small baby, at high risk of infection and needs constant monitoring.

Living in Pinnaroo, a rural town located near the border between South Australia and Victoria, and an hour from Loxton, meant that not only did Tiffany and Mathew need to receive training on administering daily TPN, but the medical staff at Pinnaroo also needed to upskill as well.

When life-saving care is daily DIY

Jane Davies

The struggles to help Sebastian and his family lead a normal life in the country were just beginning. Tiffany and Mathew have had to battle every step of the way to secure timely, appropriate and qualified care for their son simply because of where they live. Many times they’ve had to travel to Adelaide for treatment that could have been administered locally.

Living with a range of complex health conditions has meant the need for ongoing physical and occupational therapy for Sebastian, which are simply not provided due to the distance from a medical centre. Tiffany has relied heavily on help from friends who have medical qualifications and Facebook groups for day-to-day guidance and support, as well as her own determination to ensure her child receives the best care, but it’s taken a huge emotional toll.

“We have a right to the same health care, but we have to work so much harder to get it,” said Tiffany when we spoke.

Sebastian is now a thriving little boy and Tiffany will always be thankful to the city doctors in Adelaide who saved his life. She continues to fight for the country services that will help Sebastian manage his condition as he as grows up.

Sebastian recovering from surgery at Royal Adelaide Hospital.

Sebastian today, 6 years old.

Moses, born in Darwin with a congenital heart defect and flown to Melbourne for life-saving surgery in Humpty’s transport incubator.

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A very personal connection

Sandra Lee

Jane Flemming had her 'first jab' in early April to protect against the COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed almost 3 million lives around the world and had a massive impact on life as we once knew and loved.

And in true Flemming fashion — which is to say, ebullient, resilient and super-positive — she’s bounced back with no side effects.

That Jane was so keen to get the jab is no surprise, especially given her terrifying bout with breast cancer in 2017, from which she made a full recovery, and her decades long dedication to fitness, sport, and health-related charities including the Humpty Dumpty Foundation, of which she is a board member.

The former two-time Olympian and double Commonwealth Games gold medallist had never heard of Humpty when, out of the blue one day in 1997, she got a telephone call from the foundation’s founder Paul Francis to invite her to a fundraising tennis event at Love’n Deuce, on the North Shore of Sydney NSW. Paul had only started the charity a few years earlier and was running it out of a tiny room in the tennis centre that he had started decades earlier.

which I’m more than happy to do because I really believe in the vaccines,” Jane says less than 24 hours after rolling up her sleeve for, arguably, one of the most important vaccines created in recent decades.

“I grabbed a friend, went along and we had a fantastic time. I even drew the raffle tickets and my girlfriend won a prize,” she says with a laugh, adding it was not rigged!

“I actually feel absolutely fine. I can’t tell the difference. I’ve been told to come back in 12 weeks for my second dose,

Jane with her family, enjoying quality time away.

Sammy, 1 hour old.

James, 1 hour old.

“I saw what the charity was doing, and that really resonated with me, but what also resonated was how Paul operated. He was eternally grateful, and as anyone who has ever dealt with the charity knows, that’s Paul. Essentially, Paul’s passion has created longevity for Humpty and loyalty for those who get involved.”

Soon after, Jane was helping out at Humpty events, including spotting at fundraising auctions and encouraging her running buddies to join the Humpty Dumpty Balmoral Burn. The Burn, which began in 2001, has helped raise more than $30 million to buy essential and often life-saving medical equipment for neonatal and children’s wards in more than 440 hospitals and health services around Australia.

Started by Australian rugby legend Phil Kearns AM, the Balmoral Burn was due to celebrate its 20th anniversary last year, but sadly like so many events in the time of COVID-19, it was cancelled.

“I would do whatever Paul asked me to do to help, absolutely anything I could do to help,” she says.

And pitching in is a Flemming family affair. Jane’s husband Ian Purchas, and their 12-year-old twin boys are regulars at Humpty events. Her boys Sam and Jim have a particularly strong connection with the charity.

“Jimmy was born weighing only 1.5kgs and was then put into a special care unit. They were both in the unit together as doctors don’t like to separate twins.

“The first time they were allowed out of the hospital, they were only allowed out for four hours and it was on the day of the Balmoral Burn, so we drove over and picked them up and went to the Burn,” she says. “And they have been going every year since. We don’t play rugby on that Sunday, but we do do the Burn.”

“Ours was a routine pregnancy but the doctors knew Jimmy was tracking very small and I had to go in every week to Royal North Shore Hospital for a scan, and the equipment had Humpty’s logo on it,” Jane recalls, noting how circular life can be.

Jane and Ian at the finish line with their boys, The Humpty Dumpty Balmoral Burn 2009.

Jane Flemming ready to feel the Burn, 2018.

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Phone: (02) 9419 2410

Email: humpty@humpty.com.au

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