The Bonnie Babes Foundation is a non government funded, non-profit, volunteer based charity which provides:
- 24 hour, 7 day per week counselling for families that have experienced the loss of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth or prematurity.
- Provides medical equipment to hospitals for premature babies.
- Vital medical research projects into pregnancy loss and complications after birth.
- Provides support for infertility issues, children born with abnormalities and childhood illnesses.
The Foundation also provides education and training for health professionals.
Sadly over 50,000 babies are lost in Australia each year from miscarriage and stillbirth and over 17,000 babies are born prematurely, many of them often struggling for life.
In Australia, 1 in 20 babies are born prematurely, with almost half of these babies needing life support in a neonatal intensive care unit. Tiny premature babies are often struggling on life support systems. The equipment is expensive and technology can help these babies. The Foundation’s aim is to raise much needed funds to help these special babies and increase their chances of survival.
The Bonnie Babes Foundation has helped thousands of families since its inception. The Charity is a national grief counselling organisation and is the only organisation of its type in Australia.
The money raised contributes to purchasing new equipment, scholarships for young researchers, special research projects involving pregnant women, and most importantly, the provision of grief counselling services and grief support groups for families suffering this traumatic loss Australia wide.
The Executive Committee
The Executive Committee consists of business professionals and well-respected individuals within the community. Their responsibilities are to care take and oversee the Charity's activities. All members of the Committee serve in an honorary (non-paid) capacity for the benefit of the Foundation.
Our honorary Lawyers are Wisewoulds Lawyers - Mr Robert Toth.
Medical Committee Members
Dr Bennett Sheridan - Co-ordinator
Professor Paul Colditz - Director Perinatal Research Centre, Royal Women's Hospital, Brisbane
Dr. C. Andrew Ramsden - Director, Newborn Services, Monash Medical Centre
Professor Adrian Walker - Director Ritchie Centre for Baby Health Research, Monash IRD
Professor Euan Wallace - Clinical Director, Centre for Women's Health Research, Monash Institute of Medical Research
Professor Karen Simmer - Professor of Newborn Medicine, University of Western Australia
Dr Lisa McKenna - Monash University, Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery
Meredith McIntyre - Monash University, Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery
Dr Stephen Tong - Clinician and Research Scientist, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University
Leah Magliano - Hobart Private Hospital, NUM
The Bonnie Babies Foundation is a counselling service for families that have experienced the loss of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth or prematurity and related issues such as infertility.
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