Wellington Children's Hospital

•The number of children who passed through Wellington Children's Hospital and Children's Clinic last year was in excess of 27,000. This includes inpatients and treatments given to children through the Emergency Department, Outpatient Clinics and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

•As Wellington Hospital is a Tertiary Hospital its patients come from an area whose population is 900,000. The Hospital's catchment area includes Taranaki across to the Hawkes Bay, Wairarapa, Manawatu, Wellington and Marlborough in the South Island.

•Last year over 6700 young people were patients in Wellington Children's Hospital, with breakdown being as follows: 6700 age 0 - 16 years Hospital Patients 1,100 Neonatal babies 27,000 Childrens Clinic visits.

Wellington Children's Hospital needs your support to raise funds for vital medical equiptment and comfort items for young patients and their families.