Help give babies like Matteo and Ares the best start in life

Pictured above are newborns Matteo and Ares, with mother Ebony.

The twin boys were born premature at the Launceston General Hospital in October, at 32 weeks.

Ebony was experiencing preeclampsia and hypertension, and required an emergency caesarean.

Both babies benefited from a neonatal bedside unit known as a Resuscitaire.

Used during labour and delivery procedures, the Resuscitaire provides the critical components needed for clinical emergencies and resuscitation.

It saves lives, just as they begin.

This Christmas, we are fundraising to help purchase 4 new Resuscitaire units for the LGH Paediatrics Department.

As the only major obstetrics and gynaecology unit Northern Tasmania, it's incredibly important that every woman who gives birth at the LGH has access to one of these life-saving devices.

Matteo and Ares each remained under the heat light provided by the Resuscitaire for four days after birth.

“I wasn’t able to hold them in my arms until they were a week old,” Ebony said.

“The first time I held them together in my arms ... it was an amazing feeling.”

Ebony said the staff at the LGH had become like a second family.

You can learn more about our Christmas Appeal here.