Media Releases 2005

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Window on the brain technology an Australian first	24:11:2005
Health Minister Bronwyn Pike today opened a new $1.35 million angiography suite at The Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Prime Minister announces ORYGEN to lead new youth mental health foundation	12:12:2005
Prime Minister John Howard has announced that ORYGEN Research Centre will lead the establishment of the National Youth Mental Health Foundation, with $54 million funding.

RMH Home Lottery raises $1.4 million	08:12:2005
The inaugural Royal Melbourne Hospital Home Lottery has been a great success, raising $1.4 million for the hospital.

18 year old VCE student wins Porsche in RMH Home Lottery early bird prize	18:11:2005
The winner of the early bird draw for the RMH Home Lottery, Chanel Costa-Bira, today received the keys to a 2006 Porsche 911 Carrera, worth $217,000.

Plucky cancer survivors Walking Tall to raise funds	15:11:2005
Cancer survivor Nicole Shipard today sets out on Walking Tall 2, a walk of 350 kilometres from Melbourne to Albury, in a bid to raise more than $200,000 for a new DNA cancer testing service at The Royal Melbourne Hospital.

RMH Named Designated Commonwealth Games Hospital	24:10:2005
The Royal Melbourne Hospital is gearing up to treat athletes needing serious medical treatment after being announced as the Commonwealth Games designated hospital by Heath Minister Bronwyn Pike.

Cancer patients on unique journey in Opera Therapy	21:10:2005
SBS television will screen the unique documentary Opera Therapy, about a performance created by Royal Melbourne Hospital cancer patients, on Thursday 10 November 2005, at 8.30pm.

Melbourne Health Staff Reach Out to The World	05:10:2005
Staff across Melbourne Health services have been lending a hand in a number of projects aimed at improving medical services in impoverished or disaster-affected countries

RMH Home Lottery offers big prizes	13:09:2005
Victoria's biggest charitable lottery, with prizes worth more than $4.5 million up for grabs, has been launched t raise funds for The Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Melbourne Project Reaches New Frontier in Medical Research	02:09:2005
An unprecedented level of collaboration between Melbourne medical researchers is set to speed insight into a number of diseases.

Expressions called for Art Exhibition	01:09:2005
People who have experienced mental illness, their families and carers, and mental health workers are invited to submit artwork for the 2005 Expressions Art Exhibition, to be held in November.

Neuroscience Foundation Gala Ball and Auction	20:07:2005
The Friends of The Royal Melbourne Hospital Neuroscience Foundation will hold their 13th Annual Gala Ball and Auction at the Palladium at Crown on Friday 12 August 2005.

Royal Melbourne offers new deal for Postgraduate Nurses	24:06:2005
In an Australian first, The Royal Melbourne Hospital and Australian Catholic University National will be offering nurses a graduate certificate program from next year - for a nominal fee of just $2400.

Melbourne-Boston medical research exchange announced	02:05:2005
Melbourne's Lord Mayor, Cr John So, today awarded the inaugural Melbourne-Boston Medical Research Exchange Fellowship to Royal Melbourne Hospital Rheumatologist Dr Sharon Van Doornum.

Skin gene research wins Premiers Award	09:06:2005
Gene researcher Dr Stephen Ting, from the Rotary Bone Marrow Research Laboratories at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, has won the 2005 Premier's Award for Medical Research.

Former Premier launches Nursing history book	28:04:2005
Former Victorian Premier Joan Kirner has launched a book capturing the 150-year history of nursing in Melbourne, Australia. "Being There" details the integral role nursing has played, and the development of the profession, from its humble beginnings at Victoria's first hospital, The Melbourne Hospital

Skin-tingling discovery by Melbourne researchers	15:04:2005
Researchers at The Royal Melbourne Hospital have cracked a 700 million-year-old code by identifying the gene in mice responsible for healing wounds and the formation of the skin as the body's protective barrier.

Premier announces consortium to build new RWH	11:04:2005
Premier Steve Bracks and Health Minister today visited RMH to announce the consortium chosen to build the new Royal Women's Hospital on the RMH Charles Connibere building site.

Home Guide a Boost for Dialysis Patients	14:03:2005
North West Dialysis patient John Hamilton has used his professional photography and training skills to develop a guide for home haemodialysis, which is simple, packed with information and, most importantly, written from a patient's perspective.
Golf Tournament benefits youth mental health	04:02:2005
For the first time, young people with mental illness with benefit from the annual Toll Racing - Eagle Ridge 2005 Pro-Am Golf Tournament on 7 February 2005.