What we do
ROMAC is assisted by many eminent Australian surgeons who generously respond to requests for assistance, this humanitarian program has provided over 300 children from 20 countries with urgent medical treatment that has given them new hope. To date, children have been brought from Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Cambodia, Russia, China, Tonga, Solomon Islands, The Philippines, Pakistan, Iran, Timor-Leste, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Nauru and Zimbabwe.
The children usually come from very remote areas and are brought to Australia, as medical treatment is simply not available in their home countries. These are children with herniated brains, deformed limbs, horrific burns, heart conditions and in the case of the Bosun (Siamese) twins, separation as they were joined face to face from the lower chest to the umbilicus.
For more information follow the links below:
- A Brief History of ROMAC
- ROMAC chairman, Ian Wright, tells you briefly about our short history....
- A Guide to the Responsibilities of Home Hosts
- Here we set out everything a ROMAC home host needs to know....
- A Guide for Hosting Rotary Clubs
- Here we set out everything a Rotary club hosting a ROMAC patient need to know....
- Medical Checks for Incoming Patients
- ROMAC needs to check out the health of incoming patients and their carers...
- Our Policy on Medical Acceptance of Patients
- Read how ROMAC handles all the enquiries it receives.
- Scheduling ROMAC's Patients
- There are many considerations and difficulties in fitting our patients into hospital schedules....
- Our Patients
- ROMAC treated a record 30 patients in Australia in 2006-07....
