Northeast Health Wangaratta Launches Community Fundraising Campaign Ahead of Mother’s Day.
Northeast Health Wangaratta (NHW) is calling on the community to come together in support of its smallest and most vulnerable patients, newborn babies, by helping raise $70,000 for essential neonatal equipment.
Launching on May 9, just days before Mother’s Day, the fundraising campaign aims to purchase state-of-the-art Panda Neonatal Infant Resuscitation Units replacing NHW’s ageing neonatal resuscitation cots, which are now more than a decade old.
“These resuscitation beds are critical in providing life-saving support to newborns who need help immediately after birth,” said NHW CEO Libby Fifis. “They allow our clinical teams to monitor, warm stabilise, and care for babies in those vital first moments of life. What better way to honour the mums in our lives than by giving every newborn the best possible start?”
The new equipment combines warming technology with integrated resuscitation features, allowing clinicians to respond rapidly and safely while keeping the baby close to the mother, ensuring both warmth and care without delay.
The campaign will run from May 9 to June 13, giving community members, businesses, and local groups an opportunity to contribute to the wellbeing of families right here in the Wangaratta region.
Donations can be made online at nhw.org.au/appeal. Every donation, big or small, will help bring this vital equipment into the hands of those who need it most – our frontline maternity staff and the families they care for.
“This isn’t just a hospital campaign,” Ms Fifis added. “It’s a community campaign, because every baby born here deserves the very best, and that’s something we can all get behind.”
For more information or to make a donation, visit nhw.org.au/appeal