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Spend Christmas with your family, not at The Alfred

21 December 2022

A surge in highly preventable serious injuries in the lead up to Christmas has specialists at The Alfred urging Victorians to plan ahead this holiday season.

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patients

Miracles at Christmas: Rupika’s story

20 December 2022

When 38-year-old mother of two Rupika Chopra came to The Alfred’s emergency department in August with a sore neck, she could never have predicted the eight weeks to follow.

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patients

Battery shock prompts warning

13 December 2022

A sharp increase in serious burns caused by exploding lithium-ion batteries has experts at The Alfred warning people to take care with the gifts they put under the tree this Christmas.

emergency & trauma

patients

Shining a light on women living with HIV

1 December 2022

The challenges faced by women living with HIV will be the focus of the Victorian HIV Service at The Alfred this World Aids Day.

patients

research & innovation

Hepatitis C elimination a step closer

3 November 2022

Researchers at The Alfred and Burnet Institute believe elimination of Hepatitis C in Australia is within reach.

patients

research & innovation

Using lived experience to support others

13 October 2022

Meet Bridie.   She’s a Youth Peer Support Worker in our Youth Mental Health Eating Disorders Program.

mental health

patients

Staff and survivors reflect on Bali bombings 20 years on

12 October 2022

Twenty years may have passed, but for Bali bombing survivor Dale Atkin his time at The Alfred seems like it was “just yesterday.”

emergency & trauma

patients

staff

New technology enhances brain cancer treatment

11 October 2022

In a Victorian first, a new radiotherapy software which promises to significantly enhance treatment precision and cut planning time is being used for brain cancer patients at The Alfred. 

cancer

patients

radiation therapy

Reaching out to vulnerable Victorians

3 October 2022

It’s the small things that have the biggest impact on social worker Debbie Sulman and her team at Alfred Health’s Homeless Outreach Psychiatric Service (HOPS). 

mental health

patients

staff

Life-saving ECMO machine research receives major funding boost

29 September 2022

Intensive care specialists from The Alfred will play a major role in new research that aims to better identify patients who will benefit most from the advanced for of life support, known as ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation).

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emergency & trauma

patients

research & innovation