​​​Julia's brain tumour struck without warning.

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​This Christmas, will you help us be there when lives hang in the balance?

Please will you give today to help provide our Department of Neurosurgery with the new cutting-edge Airo mobile CT scanner? Your generosity will help keep more families together at Christmas. Thank you.

​​​​​​​37-year-old mother of two, Julia Fin, woke in the early hours to find paramedics in her bedroom. She had absolutely no idea what was going on.

Without any prior warning, Julia had suffered a massive seizure, caused by a rare and aggressive brain tumour that had grown to the size of a kiwi fruit. The race to save her life was on, and she was airlifted to The Royal Melbourne Hospital, where our Director of Neurosurgery, Associate Professor Dr Kate Drummond was waiting.

The operation to remove Julia’s tumour took six hours, and because it was located in the part of the brain that affects speech, it had to be performed while Julia was awake—to ensure surgery didn’t affect her ability to speak.

This kind of delicate procedure requires highly-skilled staff and the most innovative new equipment. It’s only with your support that we’re able to be there for patients like Julia when their lives hang in the balance.​​​​​​​