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ACHIEVEMENTS
Sydney Children's Hospital - Leaders in Children's Healthcare
Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick is a centre of medical excellence - achieving major breakthroughs and advances in the field of paediatric medicine and surgery. Examples of just some of these achievements include:
- The first successful bone marrow transplant for childhood Leukaemia in Australasia.
- First Care By Parent Unit in Australasia.
- Largest integrated children's cancer service and research centre in the Southern Hemisphere.
- World leader in cancer research resulting in improved survival rates.
- Pioneer in the use of chemotherapy in treating young children with malignant brain tumours.
- An international leader in neonatal seizure monitoring and investigation.
- First successful use of cord blood transplant technique in the Southern Hemisphere.
- Home of the first Australian Cord Blood Bank and part of the national AusCord network.
- Pioneers in surgery for the unborn child.
- First kidney transplant performed on a child under 12 months in Australia.
- Only Children's Hospital in Australia with on-site hyperbaric facilities for treating burns and toxic inhalation.
- Pioneers in facilitating the involvement of families in Hospital care.
- First and only dedicated paediatric HIV/AIDS Unit in Australia.
- World leading research into preventing the transmission of HIV from mother to child.
- First validated pain scale for use on children and World leaders in childhood pain research.
- Pioneers of play activity and diversional therapy for children in Hospital.
- The most advanced vascular malformations service and laser treatment.
- Home of the Sydney Craniofacial Surgery Centre and leaders in craniofacial surgery.
- Hub of over 600 outreach services to metropolitan and rural NSW - Leader in rural and regional telehealth services.
- Site for Cochlear Implantation.
- Established a lung function testing protocol for young children.
- First EXIT surgical procedure performed in Australia during the birth process.
- Leaders in sleep medicine and sleep research for children.
- Pioneered neonatal hearing screening in Australia.
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