Nine Telethon supporting Mater Little Miracles is back
Every year more than 1,700 very ill and premature babies receive round-the-clock specialist care from the team in Mater Mothers' Neonatal Critical Care Unit.
The funds raised by you, our amazing community, during the Nine Telethon supporting Mater Little Miracles plays a vital role in life-saving research, essential care, and state-of-the-art equipment, ensuring that every baby at Mater receive the best possible start in life.
Join us on Saturday 26 April to be inspired by stories of courage from some of Queensland’s tiniest patients and to support the life-saving work at Mater.
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Your impact
By supporting Mater Little Miracles, you are helping to make a baby's entry into the world as smooth as it could be. With the help of your donation and the donations from our community, Mater clinicians and researchers can continue to improve outcomes for our tiniest and most vulnerable patients.
1,700+
very ill and premature babies receive round-the-clock specialist care from the Mater Mothers' Neonatal Critical Care Unit every year
50%
chance of survival for babies born at 23 weeks gestation
1st
and only team at Mater performing open fetal spinal surgery in Australia and New Zealand
Meet the little miracles
Every year more than 1,700+ very ill and premature babies receive round-the-clock specialist care from the team in Mater Mothers' Neonatal Critical Care Unit (NCCU). The Nine Telethon will follow some of our amazing stories and showcase the work of our talented and dedicated clinical and research teams who continue to deliver life-saving and life-changing care, explore inspiring stories, like the ones below:
Betty was born at just 24 weeks gestation, weighing only 670 grams. She was born on the very cusp of gestational viability, and Mum and Dad knew Betty had a long journey ahead of her.
Emerson was born without the tube that connects his mouth to his stomach and had to spend five and a half months in Mater Mother’s Neonatal Critical Care Unit.
Marni was 22 weeks pregnant with identical twins when they were diagnosed with a rare and potentially life-threatening medical condition.
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