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Spring 2018
$200,000
raised in
record-breaking
Winter Appeal
Erin Shi’s courage and the
overwhelming generosity
of the Melbourne community
provided a much-needed
funding boost to our new
Intensive Care Unit.
Erin, a survivor of the Bourke St Mall
tragedy in January 2017, spent over
33 days at The Royal Melbourne
Hospital, with the majority of her time
spent unresponsive in a coma in our
Intensive Care Unit.
Pictured: Intensive Care Nurse Unit Manager Michelle Spence and Associate Professor Chris MacIsaac,
“The doctors said Erin was unlikely to Director of the Intensive Care Unit, pictured with Erin Shi.
survive. And that if she did wake up,
she may be seriously disabled. They mind that if the time ever came, We are delighted to announce that
didn’t know if she would be able to talk, she would want to give back to the ICU. thanks to Erin’s bravery in telling her
or even eat. They told me, ‘Even if she Erin wanted to tell her story in the story, the RMH Foundation’s Winter
does wake up, she still will be in danger’,” hope that it would raise urgently- Appeal raised a record-breaking
said Jiana Zheng, Erin’s Mum. needed funds for the ICU. She knew $202,000 which will be used to fit out
that the ward was in its final stage of the last remaining Pod in our Intensive
With Jiana by her side, Erin was cared
redevelopment, and that by talking Care Unit. New equipment is already
for by our tireless and steadfast ICU
about her experience she would on order, which is very exciting. We’re
staff before she made her remarkable
promote awareness of the important so thankful to Erin and her mum, Jiana,
recovery, waking up after 25 days.
work the ICU do and people would for sharing their story and we couldn’t
It was the kindness and dedication be more appreciative of our wonderful
respond generously. Erin readily agreed
shown by the team of doctors donors whose generosity made such
to feature in our annual Winter Appeal.
and nurses that left no doubt in Erin’s a fantastic result possible.
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Shantelle’s Director’s
brave fight Report
gives hope
Dear friends
and supporters,
to cancer
Once again,
thanks to
the kindness and generosity
survivors shown by our loyal donors,
the Royal Melbourne Hospital
Foundation was able to
contribute to programs, research
Shantelle was just a normal and equipment that improve
the outcomes for our patients.
21-year-old when her life We have raised $16.5m over
changed forever. the last financial year — a truly
phenomenal result. Of course,
She was an adventurous and highly this incredible result is made only
social young woman. She was studying, possible by you, our donors.
working, and enjoying life as most With your support, we have
21-year-olds do. Shantelle also had achieved some great things over
a grand plan to travel Australia in a the last year.
Pictured: Cancer survivor Shantelle Bentley.
camper van.
Our annual Winter Appeal for
But in 2017, Shantelle noticed what The Royal Melbourne Hospital’s Head the Intensive Care Unit was the
looked like an ulcer on her tongue and Neck Cancer team was the very best Foundation’s most successful of
— it was only small. After undergoing available and her doctors are optimistic all time. Featuring the incredible
a biopsy and multiple scans, doctors that she will return to a near-normal life story of Bourke St Mall tragedy
delivered the worst possible news. without cancer. survivor Erin Shi, who spent
It was cancer. 33 days in our ICU, the campaign
This kind of cancer doesn’t only impact
Just 10 days later, Shantelle had people later in life — Shantelle is just one raised over $200,000 — more
surgery where they removed most of example of how it can impact anyone, of than doubling last year!
her tongue, some teeth and parts of any age, at any time. Another frightening Many of you will be familiar
her jaw, cheeks and even her tonsils. aspect of this kind of cancer is that it with our Stroke Care Unit, a
Surgeons removed tissue from her arm can remain undiagnosed until it’s too late. world-class facility currently being
to create a new tongue — her face was built right here at the hospital.
More research is desperately needed
literally being pieced back together. The Royal Melbourne Hospital
into Head and Neck Cancers so we
What followed was many months can find new and better treatments, Foundation proudly contributed
of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and and ways of discovering these cancers over $9m towards the building
rehabilitation. The impact of the before it’s too late. Shantelle has of the Stroke Care Unit, and
treatment on Shantelle’s body was bravely decided to share her story in construction is well underway.
overwhelming. However, the treatment the hope of raising money and awareness We must also attribute our
and care Shantelle received under for Head and Neck Cancer. success to the hundreds of people
in our local community who
fundraise on our behalf. Whether
you went dry for July, rode in our
record-breaking Ride to Recovery,
Where our financial support came from: or took part in any of our other
community initiatives, we thank
you for making our work possible.
Home Lottery
Bequests and Perpetuity Please enjoy reading how your
donations, and unwavering
Major Corporates support, has helped yet again to
Major Donors, Community and Third Party transform the lives of patients in
Victoria and beyond. We hope
Direct Marketing and Other Fundraising you understand how grateful we
Capital Campaign truly are.
Events Alison Byrne
Trusts and Foundations
Interim Director, The Royal
Melbourne Hospital Foundation
ROYAL NEWS NEWSLETTER SPRING 2018 | 3
Pictured: Australian cyclist
Matthew Keenan at the Ride to Recovery.
Ride to Recovery
breaks event record
The 2018 Ride to Recovery
has smashed the record
set last year, more than tripling
donations and finishing over
$90,000. What a result!
Pictured: ICU NUM Michelle Spence, Peter Simpson, ICU Director A/Prof Chris MacIsaac and CE Melbourne It was a magnificent event,
Health A/Prof Christine Kilpatrick with regular ICU patient and consumer representative Val Simpson. with over 350 riders pedalling
across multiple sites in
Final Intensive Care Unit
Melbourne, and riders cycling
furiously between 6am and 6pm.
There wasn’t a spare seat all day!
Pod officially opened For the first time ever, the
event was opened up to external
organisations, with over ten
businesses and schools getting
The Royal Melbourne Hospital’s 42-bed Intensive Care involved. Bikes were located on
site, with companies like Scanlan
Unit is now complete, with the fourth and final Pod now and Theodore, Linfox, Marshall
officially open. Day Acoustics and the Little
Group all getting on board.
Pod D, which is made up of 10 beds, Associate Professor Chris MacIsaac, Across the day we saw some
will open to patients in a staged process. Director of the ICU, said the opening of local celebrities drop by as well
Pod D was the final piece to complete — cyclist Matt Keenan (pictured),
The opening event was attended by
the state of the art 42-bed unit. He comedian Marg Downey and
Joe and Fiona Riewoldt, parents
took the opportunity to thank everyone RockWiz’s Brian Nankervis —
of Maddie Riewoldt who spent seven
involved in this key milestone in the just to name a few.
months in the old ICU on 2 South
life of the RMH ICU, which first opened
before she sadly passed away in 2015 Offsite, the team from
in 1972.
from Bone Marrow Failure. Joe and Marshall Day Acoustics raised an
Fiona were grateful for the opportunity “I’d like to thank all of our ICU staff amazing $11,650, taking out our
to return to the ICU to visit the staff who are at the frontline, delivering highest fundraising award for a
they came to know so well. outstanding patient care in this company. The unstoppable Team
world-class facility every day, and I’d also Scanlan won the team prize with
Regular ICU patient and ICU consumer
like to thank the multiple teams across an incredible $10,710 raised.
representative, Val Simpson, also
the hospital who have been on this
attended with her husband Peter and Funds raised from the Ride
journey with us over the last few years.”
was given the official duties to open to Recovery have gone towards
the unit. Funds generously donated to the advancing critical research
RMH Foundation contributed to the into Atrial Fibrillation, and many
newly-developed Pod, and thanks in other life-changing conditions.
part to the kindness of our donors,
more patients are able to receive the
critical care they need.
ROYAL NEWS NEWSLETTER SPRING 2018 | 4
Corporate
partners
shown impact
of support
On the 3rd July, The Royal
Melbourne Hospital
welcomed some of our Pictured: Corporate partners at The Royal Melbourne Hospital at our annual Corporate Lunch.
corporate partners onsite
at the City campus for Neurosurgery Department and also We would like to thank our corporate
the complete redevelopment of the partners who attended the lunch,
the first time. Ward 7B Rooftop Garden, which and for their ongoing commitment to
provides a calming space for our cancer improving the lives of patients both
These organisations partner with the patients in their greatest time of need. in our community and internationally:
RMH Foundation, and their incredibly OPTUS, PACCAR, Plan B Services,
Our corporate partners were given
generous contributions have a real Merz Australia, Smartsalary, S.O. Asher
a captivating presentation by Director
and measurable impact on the lives of Consultants, First State Super, BankVic,
of Neurosurgery Associate Professor
patients here at the hospital. Daniels Health, Commonwealth Bank
Kate Drummond followed by a tour of
and Morgan Stanley.
Over the past year, corporate the Ward 7B Rooftop Garden and the
philanthropy has supported many newly refurbished Intensive Care Unit.
exciting projects at the hospital. It was great to see them immersed
This support has enabled the purchase in the hospital and shown the tangible
of life-saving equipment for our impact of their unwavering support.
A booze-free July raises
over $58,000 for patients
living with cancer
Over $58,000 has been raised this Dry July to support
cancer care at The Royal Melbourne Hospital.
More than 160 people supported her treatment, giving up beer is not
the RMH, either by giving up alcohol a big thing.” Peter said.
for the month of July and raising
Peter and Shantelle weren’t the only
funds, or donating in support of our
ones busy raising money during July,
cancer services.
with Fiona, a Registered Nurse from
Peter, our 2018 Dry July ambassador, Ward 7B, coordinating a range of Pictured: Shantelle and Peter Bentley,
made it through the month alcohol-free activities in support of the patients Dry July ambassadors.
and raised $1000 towards our head she and her colleagues care for
and neck cancer services. Peter every day. Ward 7B raised over $3,300 for
signed up to Dry July in support of his Dry July.
From a cookbook featuring a
daughter, Shantelle, who was diagnosed
collection of recipes from Ward 7B Congratulations to everyone who
with throat cancer at just 21.
staff, a Rooftop Garden Party Lunch, participated in Dry July this year,
“Shantelle is my inspiration. After a delicious bake sale and their very you are truly helping us save the
everything she has been through with own trivia night, the team from lives of people we love.
ROYAL NEWS NEWSLETTER SPRING 2018 | 5
Corporate partners
join the cause
Corporate philanthropy continues
to provide much needed support
for equipment purchases
and education, as the Royal
Melbourne Hospital Foundation
establishes new partnerships
with KLS Martin, Janssen-Cilag,
Abbvie, Pfizer, Allanby Press
Printers and Cook Medical.
KLS Martin have been
providing the latest surgical
equipment to hospitals
worldwide since 1923. KLS
Martin will be generously funding Pictured: The Ward 7B Rooftop Garden.
the work of Dr Britt Christensen,
Head of Inflammatory Bowel
Ward 7B Rooftop Garden
Disease, over two and a half
years to the value of $175,000.
Additional support from Abbvie,
a global pharmaceutical research
and development company will brings peace and respite to
our special patients
provide $45,000 towards an
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Unit. A further $61,000 from
Pfizer will fund a research grant
looking at intestinal ultrasounds
to predict clinical relapse in On the 28th May, the RMH Foundation was delighted to
patients with Crohn’s and officially open the Ward 7B Rooftop Garden, welcoming the
ulcerative colitis.
generous supporters of the Garden, whose contributions
In support of vital equipment
purchases, Allanby Press Printers
made this very special project possible.
have committed $39,000
for neurosurgical equipment Ward 7B is the RMH’s Haematology It was through the generous financial
and Janssen-Cilag, a global ward, where some of our most support of several patients, families
pharmaceutical company, have vulnerable patients spend their time. and corporate partners that this project
committed $33,000 to support came to fruition, starting with a gift
Back in 2012, the Garden was simply
an educational course for from the Will of the late Miles Hurley,
a pipe dream. The hard-working and
our clinicians. whose family we were delighted to
dedicated staff of Ward 7B thought
welcome at the launch.
Furthering their support into about what they could do to improve
a second year, Cook Medical are the experience of their patients, and it Our corporate partners — Optus,
supporting a Gastroenterology became obvious that the dreary, Plan B Services and Brown Baldwin
Fellowship, aimed at providing grey concrete area that patients looked Accountants were instrumental in
excellence in care of onto was a wasted opportunity. making the Garden happen. We also
gastroenterology patients would have been unable to complete this
Following years of fundraising,
with a focus on endoscopic project without the incredibly generous
construction began on the Garden last
management. contribution of the Dry July Foundation.
year. The nursing staff set out to get
New corporate partnerships feedback from patients and their Thank you also to Ward 7B patient
are vital to ensuring that families about what the space would Geoffrey Hamilton and his wife Jan,
the hospital is at the forefront mean to them, with one lady remarking the Greek Senior Citizens Club, the
of excellence in clinical care that she felt concerned for the patients family and friends of the late Madeline
and treatment, is able to focus who lose their fight with cancer and Oakes, and our other wonderful
on ground-breaking research have their last view of the outside world Community Supporters, Mischa Barr
and is committed to ongoing being a sad, empty, concrete space — and Silvana Bianchi.
learning and development of devoid of any comfort.
The Ward 7B Garden is now officially
our clinicians. We are most The Garden now represents a open, and we hope it provides an
grateful for the support of our calming, welcoming and relaxing space, enriching and positive experience for our
new partners. with one patient commenting that most important guests — our patients.
she felt at peace and loved looking at
the incredible sculptures.
ROYAL NEWS NEWSLETTER SPRING 2018 | 6
Staff Profile Family honours beloved Announcing
Dimple D’Mello, son with special gift The Royal Melbourne
Administration Manager Julian Richardson Simpson Hospital Margaret
Tell us about your current role here at was only 30 years old. After Henderson Women in
university, he gained a graduate
The Royal Melbourne Hospital, and how
you came to work at the Foundation. position with the Australian
Research Fellowship
Many responsibilities fall under my role Department of Foreign Affairs A much loved and respected
as Administration Manager such as
processing donations, attending to the and Trade, spending four years member of staff, Dr Henderson
main phone line, managing our home in Canberra. graduated MBBS in 1938 and
lottery and craft stall volunteers. was a Resident Medical Officer
Julian’s first posting, to the Australian in 1939–40.
Can you think of one time in particular
Mission to the United Nations, seemed
where you felt like you really made
like a dream come true. Two years into Following wartime medical service, she
a difference?
his posting, he was enjoying his work became an honorary physician in 1947,
I was once making my way down to the
and life in New York City when a tragic and in 1959, became the first woman
hospital car park when I noticed a man
accident claimed his life. on the Senior Medical Staff, a pioneering
leaning to the side of the corridor wall
looking very unwell. I asked him if he was To honour Julian’s memory, Julian’s position she held until her retirement
ok, and needed any assistance. We got family and friends chose to support the in 1981.
one of our fantastic hospital volunteers ICU at The Royal Melbourne Hospital Sadly, last year Dr Henderson passed
to assist him with a wheelchair and I in his name. away, but her last act of kindness was
remember thinking that what took only to bequeath a very generous gift in her
Julian’s family had previously seen the
five minutes of my time probably made Will to The Royal Melbourne Hospital
skilful and dedicated work of the ICU.
a huge difference to his day. to be used for research.
They hoped that small donations in his
What are your favourite things to do name could help others, especially The opportunity to do research has
outside work? young people, benefit from the best in been limited for women and yet female
My husband and I enjoy taking our crisis care and the latest innovations clinicians are highly represented
adventurous three year old out to the in trauma medicine. in the healthcare workforce. To
park on the weekends. When play is address the gender imbalance we
done, we usually indulge in chocolate have launched The Royal Melbourne
milkshakes and a good coffee. Hospital Margaret Henderson Women
If you could teach a class full of students in Research Fellowship to create
one thing (other than about your current opportunities for young female
job) what would it be? scientists and clinicians to undertake
My family have always told me that research as part of their careers.
I am a great party host; so I would teach The $50,000 grant will enable the
my class ‘How to be a Hostess with the recipient to carry out further research
mostest’. I prep the house from a week in their area of expertise. We are
ahead giving lots of attention to detail. truly grateful to Dr Henderson for
I then plan the food menu for the day her generous gift; the Fellowship will
— with dessert being the most important ensure her legacy lives on.
dish! I then finish up with party games
that definitely bring on the laughter.
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