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Hector’s incredible fight for survival

30 August 2023

Earlier this year, Hector Saenz became the second person in Australia to receive a lung transplant following COVID-19 – after six months in The Alfred ICU, more than 4000 hours of critical care from 1500 medical professionals, and the longest recorded stint on ECMO.

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Melbourne dad saved by Australian-first trial

1 May 2023

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.

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Donors help fund Australian-first technology

6 April 2023

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.

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Remembering Black Saturday

7 February 2022

Black Saturday was one of the worst bushfire disasters in Australian history, with 173 Victorians losing their life across over 400 individual fires.

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emergency & trauma

icu

The Alfred’s ICU still busier than ever

27 November 2021

The Alfred’s ICU is busier than ever, treating some of the country’s most critically ill patients in record numbers.

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