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The stroke team at The Alfred is delighted to be the first in Victoria to receive Australian Stroke Coalition Stroke Unit Certification.

When 43-year-old Melbourne dad Mark Wohlers suffered a cardiac arrest last year, it was the swift emergency response and an Australian-first clinical trial that gave him a second chance at life.

Each year, thousands of Australian women undergo invasive and life-altering hysterectomies to treat debilitating pain and blood loss caused by uterine fibroids. But there’s another option: a very safe, pin-hole procedure that cures the symptoms, yet leaves the uterus intact.

Two Alfred heart experts have today declared a new method of donor heart preservation a gamechanger for heart transplantation in Australia and New Zealand. 

Central Gippsland Health Service and The Alfred Pharmacy Department have partnered to address staff shortages in rural areas.

The power of music has helped one man process his grief and create change for the benefit of others.

Trauma specialists from The Alfred are issuing an urgent plea to road users ahead of what is traditionally one of their busiest periods.

In an Australian first, The Alfred Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is now home to a mobile computed tomography (CT) scanner. With no other ICU in the country using mobile CT, the installation of the machine in 2022 was the culmination of a six-year project to revolutionise the way ICU patients, especially those who need head CT scans, are cared for. Costing just more than $1 million to purchase and install, the project could never have been achieved without the $850,000 generously contributed by the community.

Trauma specialists at The Alfred are extending an invitation for young people and their families to join them for an eye-opening night inside their world as they reveal the devastating impact of road trauma.

For Lily Ryan, being part of the team building the Paula Fox Melanoma and Cancer Centre isn’t just a job.