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Partnership targets the burden of injury

8 December 2017

Advancing the prevention and management of injury and acute trauma is the focus of a new partnership between Alfred Health and Monash University.

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The Alfred Centre 10 years on

5 December 2017

The Alfred Centre celebrated a very special milestone this year: a decade of exceptional patient care.

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Ireland reaches out: honouring the greatest gift

29 November 2017

A commemorative stone sculpture gifted to Melbourne as part of a global initiative to remember organ donors and their families has been unveiled at The Alfred.

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Australia votes ‘yes’

15 November 2017

The results of the marriage equality postal survey were announced earlier today, with nearly 62 per cent of eligible Australians – more than seven million people – voting for change.

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Right Word. Right Time.

14 November 2017

Alfred Health is putting health professionals at the forefront of a new campaign to combat the single biggest killer of Australians each year. 

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A surgeon’s life on the battlefield

9 November 2017

In his everyday life, Professor Jeffrey Rosenfeld is a neurosurgeon at The Alfred. But this year, in the 48°C heat of the Iraq summer, Professor Rosenfeld spent three months performing emergency neurosurgery on soldiers injured largely by bomb blasts and sniper bullets.

New melanoma guidelines could help save lives

9 October 2017

Experts from the Victorian Melanoma Service at The Alfred have recommended new melanoma detection guidelines that could prevent more people dying from the deadly skin cancer.

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PrEPX Study Expands to Tasmania

21 September 2017

Victoria’s largest study into HIV prevention medication will expand into Tasmania following funding from the Tasmania Department of Health, the study begins next Monday 25 September. 

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Flu season leads to busiest ED on record

15 September 2017

This week, The Alfred has experienced its busiest winter period on record in the Emergency Department, with 610 people needing urgent care in just three days.

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Cyclists raise $130,000 for Sandringham Hospital

13 September 2017

The PRG 24-hour Bike Ride saw 40 cyclists brave the wind and rain, cycling 15,000km in 24 hours, to raise more than $130,000 for the Sandringham Hospital Capital Appeal.

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