The machines Cruise for the Kids is raising money for

The first ever Cruise for the Kids is in full swing with funds being raised for the Royal Children’s Hospital’s Good Friday Appeal.

But where will the money go?

Dr Simon Harvey is a paediatric neurologist at the Royal Children’s Hospital, and he explained to Neil Mitchell they want to buy two bits of expensive equipment.

“The equipment’s for intra-operative monitoring,” he said on 3AW Mornings.

“It’s equipment that our neuro-physiology scientists use during operations that are being done by the orthopedic surgeons or neurosurgeons.

“It’s specifically for their spinal surgery, so these scientists are stimulating at one end of the body … and then they’re measuring at the other end, and recording neural activity going up and down.

“They do this during the surgery … and just make sure that traffic is heading up and down properly”.

The machines cost around $150,000 each and are mainly used for children and adolescents for scoliosis surgery.

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