Hundreds of sick kids in Lismore and the Northern Rivers will be given a dose of superhero strength through specially designed medical garments disguised as superhero costumes.

The Supertee is the brainchild of former tradie Jason Sotiris who saw the need for a more user-friendly medical garment for kids when his own daughter was in hospital with a rare form of cancer.

“When my daughter Angela was sick with cancer I felt helpless not being able to do the simple task of putting clean clothes on her with IV drips, chest monitor cables and central lines making it impossible. I knew there had to be a better way,” he said.

The medical garments open under the arms for easy thermometer access, have evenly placed press studs that can be opened around tubes and lines, meaning they can be taken off and changed without becoming tangled and are PET scan and MRI friendly.

(A delivery of Supertees arrives at Lismore Base Hospital. Photo: supplied)

“We all know that feeling we get when we dress nice, we’re trying to give sick children that feeling when they are facing serious health battles and hopefully boost their morale and encourage some imaginative play at the same time.

“With everything that sick kids have to go through in hospital, let’s give them something that they can be proud of wearing, that can help put a smile on their face

Thanks to the generosity of Cherry Street Sports Club in Ballina, 400 Supertees have recently been donated to Lismore and Ballina hospitals.

Mr Sotiris thanked the generosity of those involved in making the first ever delivery to the Northern Rivers possible.

“The biggest thing that I am proud of is when you see organisations like Cherry Street Sports come together to support their community. I am so grateful for the club’s support and the involvement of employees who volunteered their time to pack hundreds of Supertees into care packages, ready to be given free of charge to children who need them.”

Supertee has donated medical garments to tens of thousands of children in hospitals across Australia and the charity is relying on the generosity of the community to help reach its goal of donating 16,000 Supertee care packs this year.

Donations can be made at supertee.org.au/donate.

(Volunteers at Cherry Street Sports Club packing hundreds of Supertees in boxes for delivery to Lismore and Ballina hospitals. Photo: supplied)