THE Prince Charles Hospital's children's service will receive a much-needed funding boost with the launch of a campaign at Coles to raise funds for equipment.
Until Tuesday July 28 shoppers at Coles supermarkets including Cleveland and Victoria Point can help support the state's second busiest children's service at Chermside by purchasing a $2 donation card.
The campaign is part of a national initiative known as Curing Homesickness, which brings children's hospitals from across Australia together to get sick kids home from hospital sooner or make their hospital stay easier.
The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation chief executive officer Michael Hornby said the hospital cared for about 30, 000 children every year and the donated funds would help purchase new equipment for emergency department staff.
"Any funds raised at Coles will help with the purchase of a new audio-visual simulation system to support the training and education of emergency staff in real-life resuscitation scenarios," he said.
Acting clinical director children's emergency department, Dr David Wood said children have specialised care needs and it was important the department was well equipped to care for children experiencing all levels of illness.
The fundraising campaign comes a year after Coles launched a new range of pasta sauce - called Mum's Sause - also part of the Curing Homesickness initiative, which supports the Prince Charles Hospital. Fifty cents from every jar of Mum's Sause sold in Queensland is directed to the hospital to help sick kids.
