A Melbourne mum who incredibly survived a heart attack at 35 weeks pregnant and battled two types of cancer is thanking the healthcare teams - and her children - who saved her life.

Every two minutes, one woman dies of cervical cancer worldwide. While Australia is making headway in eliminating this disease, an alumnus of the Women’s is passionate about the role we must play in improving health outcomes for women in lower-income countries.

Little Johnny is one of 43 babies born so far in Victoria as part of Australia’s first publicly funded IVF program. Public Fertility Care has helped hundreds of families to fall pregnant after the first year in operation.

Staff and volunteers were celebrated for their outstanding contributions to the Women’s and our community at the 2024 Staff Excellence Awards.

Simple ideas can make a big impact on patient experience: Ideas Tank 2024.

The Women’s is investing in new ways to support women with disability. First-time mum Blue Van De Cruze says the Women with Individual Needs (WIN) Clinic helped increase her confidence and independence.

We have achieved 73% of the targets set in our Reconciliation Action Plan 2022-2024. We thank all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for their generosity of spirit in working with us towards reconciliation.

Gestational diabetes affects 1 in 6 pregnancies at the Women’s. For National Diabetes Week, the Women’s diabetes specialist Dr Sarah Price explains the condition … and why it’s so important to have follow up care after the baby is born.

The First Thousand Days Clinic offers wrap-around care and support for babies at risk of future developmental delays due to drug or alcohol use during pregnancy.

Baby Hussain has ten tiny fingers and ten little toes. He is of course perfect, especially to his parents who had to overcome many obstacles to welcome the little boy to their family.