When the Western Health Foundation reached out to the local community to help bolster the response of Western Health to the COVID-19 crisis, we were overwhelmed by the outpouring of generosity and kindness from so many people.

Thanks to the Deer Park Lioness Club, the Joan Kirner Women and Children's at Sunshine Hospital has welcomed a new addition to the Birthing Unit – a Birthing Modular System. Arriving from Germany last month, and popular in birthing suites across Europe, the Birthing Modular System is the first of its kind in tertiary maternity hospitals in Melbourne.

Thanks to the generous support of the corporate sector, Western Health has been able to invest in an innovative new PPE product, Halo masks. These have already been put to use with our healthcare workers wearing them on the frontline, assisting them to stay safe whilst responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

While it's easy to get disheartened by the impact of coronavirus on our everyday lives, it is the generous acts of kindness in support of our frontline healthcare workers that is providing a beacon of light as we navigate our way through this crisis.

The Western Health Foundation recently launched the Western Health Emergency Response Fund, inviting the community to donate and/or send a message of encouragement to our frontline healthcare workers in the face of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.

Western Health has launched an Emergency Relief Fund to fast track support for staff and patients across the health service in the fight against COVID-19.

Over 400 guests came together for the Western Health Foundation International Women's Day Breakfast on Thursday 12 March at Club Italia North Sunshine.

When Alysha Cockburn saw an opportunity to apply for the Breast Cancer Nurse Scholarship with Western Health's BreastWest program, she jumped at the chance to build on her already extensive nursing career.

In sickness and in health – the words most of us associate with marriage vows. But for Kealba husband and wife Deb and Hilmi, this sums up their connection to Western Health.