Growing up in regional Queensland, Jonathon Heeley was better known as the ‘Coke can kid’. When he has born 12 weeks...
Australia’s ‘Coke can kid’ celebrates 30 years of life
Sick and premature babies at Mater Mothers’ Hospital have been enjoying some quiet time thanks to a reading corner set up within the hospital’s Neonatal Critical...
Tiny bookworms benefit from Mater’s reading corner
Premature babies at Brisbane’s Mater Mothers’ Hospital are being fed expressed milk just hours after being born as part of a program to improve health outcomes of...
Mum’s milk is best for premature babies
Delaying cutting the umbilical cord on premature newborns is improving survival rates of babies born before full term, according to neonatal specialists at Australia’s...
Delay improves survival rates for premature babies
The smallest and most premature baby born at Mater Mothers’ Hospital South Brisbane this year will spend Christmas in...
Mater’s smallest baby a Christmas ‘miracle’ this year
Bringing their triplets home from hospital in time for Christmas is the best gift anyone could give to St George parents, Josephine and Cohen Nunn.
Baby triplets home in time for first Christmas
Today, World Prematurity Day is held to honour the 1 in 10 babies born too soon, and those who lost their fight to survive.
Giving our tiniest patients the best start to life
Baby Hugo Robert was so eager to meet his parents Candy and James, that he arrived into this world eight weeks early. Dr Julie Beak from Paedicare and Mater mum Candy Fung...
When things don't go according to plan
Little Amira Alwesi endured a potentially life-threatening journey in utero before she entered the world and thanks to the lifesaving care she received at Mater Mothers'...
Baby Amira survives serious complications in utero
Townsville mum, Rachel Kerr was overjoyed when she fell pregnant with her second child but she was oblivious to the life-threatening issues that lay ahead.
Townsville baby defies the odds
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