Alfred Health
Marie Macheras had just settled into bed, when her peace was interrupted by the sound every mother dreads – her 20 year-old son screaming in agony.
What started as a fun night with friends quickly turned into months of painful rehab for 19-year-old Michael Robertson.
On a cold August night Andrea Pfeffermann-Hegmann went to light her wood fire heater the same we she had each winter night for the past 20 years.
The Alfred burns team and the Country Fire Authority (CFA) are urging people across the state to take care around fire this weekend or risk a lengthy stay in hospital - or worse.
The Alfred burns team has launched a new web resource designed to help regional clinicians care for patients with severe burns, once they return home.
Burns specialists at The Alfred are urging people to take care while camping this long weekend, after new figures show the Easter period has the highest incidence of flame burns compared to any other time of year.
Black Saturday is a day most Victorians will never forget.
Lee Elliott, winner of The Bachelorette 2016, is urging everyone to be careful with fire after seriously burning his hand on New Year's Eve.