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As a fit and healthy 18-year-old Dominic Mazzeo paid little attention when he began experiencing pain in his stomach, in hindsight he wishes he had.
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.
Victoria’s State of Emergency (SOE) measures resulted in almost 40 per cent less people presenting to Alfred Health’s emergency departments earlier this year, prompting doctors to issue an urgent call for people to continue seeking medical care if they need it.
People self-isolating with COVID-19 will be able to have their health watched over from afar, thanks to a hospital-monitored software system that gets smarter with each patient cared for.
Emergency department presentations at The Alfred and Sandringham Hospital remain at their lowest levels in years as Victorians continue to adhere to the stage-three COVID-19 restrictions and stay home.
In response to the COVID-19 global health crisis, The Alfred has significantly increased its capacity to care for critically ill patients with major expansions to its Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Emergency Department (ED).
The Alfred has admitted multiple patients with severe cooking-related burns since the state’s stage 3 lockdown came into effect, and specialists are urging people at home to take greater care or risk life-long injuries.
This page will be updated with information about patients transferred from New Zealand as it becomes available.
Trauma specialists from The Alfred have spoken out about the reality of Christmas in the Emergency and Trauma Centre in an attempt to curb the ever-increasing number of people seriously injured over the festive season.
At a recent education event, our Emergency Department team learnt some important things about child car seat safety. We hope sharing these messages with you will help keep our community safe on the roads, especially as we head into the holiday season.