Super tees for super kids

Young patients visiting the West Gippsland Hospital can feel that little more super after the hospital was recently presented with new Supertees for its paediatrics ward and emergency department.

The tees came from Reflect Consulting's charity golf day on Sunday, October 5, which raised more than $10,000 for the cause.
The Supertees are medical garments for children designed to be both colourful and practical, featuring a number of button-up sections that allow for easy access during check-ups and allow children to change out of them easily if need be.
The tees feature a number of designs, including some based on Marvel characters Spider-Man, Captain America and Captain Marvel.
Other designs include an astronaut and a ballerina. Each tee also comes with a small collection of activities and goodies for children to explore, including a QR code in the Marvel tees that links directly to a video message from various actors from the Marvel Cinematic Universe films.
In their third charity golf event, Reflect decided to get involved due to several employees' experiences of having children in and out of hospitals from an early age.
Administration manager Krystal Novak told hospital representatives about her daughter requiring several open heart surgeries from a young age and the associated challenges that came with it.
The golf day attracted more than 90 players, with a team of 10 packing the tees at the same time.
Entry fees as well as raffle tickets and a host of other attractions contributed to the final tally, which was used to purchase the Supertees.
The packers also write special messages on each box for the hospital's workers, thanking them for the hard work they put in.
In total the hospital will have 192 tees to use.
Reflect director Peter Smith, who also had children in and out of hospitals, said they had enjoyed a "huge response."
"People were to happy to get involved and so generous," he said.
"It's amazing, some of the stories we've heard through doing this."