Eight-year-old Peter suffered severe burns to 70 per cent of his body in a 2024 house fire in Honiara, in the Solomon Islands, which also killed his sibling and burnt his mother badly.
Peter spent many months in National Referral Hospital but there was only so much the doctors there could do for him. He needed specialised burns treatment. Doctors referred Peter to ROMAC and he was accepted for treatment by Prof. Roy Kimble, an eminent paediatric and neonatal surgeon at the Queensland Children’s Hospital in Brisbane.
He was admitted to Queensland Children's Hospital in May 2025. Prof. Kimble operated to release the contracted skin on his arm and legs and to carry out many graft procedures. Peter returned home in July able to walk and play like a normal boy in the village.
In hospital, music therapy became a source of joy and comfort for Peter, helping him to embrace each day with renewed strength. Watch Peter’s amazing story.
For three-year-old Armandinho Junior from Timor Leste, medical reviews in Darwin have delivered the best news a family can hope for.
Mothers of patients from two different countries met recently as one headed home through Brisbane Airport following treatment.
After five weeks in Sydney, we recently said goodbye to Vanessa and her dad Ino as they began their journey home to Timor-Leste.
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