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Giving back

8 March 2019

So grateful was one family for the care of their son that they generously gifted our Tartan About fundraising team enough to achieve their target sum.

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Professor Mark Hew with patient Aleisha Symon, who is allergic to peanuts

Phase I of peanut trial shows promising results

26 February 2019

The Phase I trial of a world-first peanut allergy immunotherapy has shown positive results, researchers have revealed.

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Ten years on, our burns team reflects on Black Saturday

Remembering Black Saturday - 10 years on

6 February 2019

Black Saturday is a day most Victorians will never forget.

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Mardi with her HEN team: Marty Smith, Director of Hepaticopancreaticobiliary Surgery, Lisa Murnane, Nutrition Support and HEN Lead Senior Dietitian, Marjorie Carter,
Rebecca Burgell, Consultant Gastroenterology and PEG Clinic Lead, and Liz Carter.

Nutrition support when food is not enough

5 February 2019

For more than five years, Marjorie “Mardi” Carter has relied on a feeding tube into her small bowel to receive all her nutrition, after treatment for oesophageal and breast cancer left her unable to eat and drink enough.

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Lee warns: be careful when playing with fire

25 January 2019

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.

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Former health minister Jill Hennessy opened the centre last year

Sandringham Community Bank® Day Procedure Centre open for business

15 August 2018

Minister for Health Jill Hennessy has officially opened the $2.5 million Sandringham Community Bank® Day Procedure Centre at Sandringham Hospital.

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Diabetes service empowers community

5 June 2018

A new education program at Caulfield Community Health Service (CCHS) is empowering people who live with type 2 diabetes to better manage their condition.

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Quit because you can

31 May 2018

Maggie was just 12 years old when she tried her first cigarette, and 14 when she took up smoking. It was a habit that would stay with her for decades.

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Professor David Pilcher and Dr Aidan Burrell

Flu season worst on record for ICUs

31 May 2018

Last year’s flu season was more severe than the 2009 swine flu outbreak and saw one in four ICU beds occupied by patients suffering severe complications from the flu, researchers at The Alfred have confirmed.

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Alfred nurse wins national award

11 May 2018

Roni Murphy won HESTA's Outstanding Graduate Award for developing a new record keeping system that improves the care experience of patients who have difficulty communicating.

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