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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.

An innovative procedure being performed in The Alfred’s Heart Centre is giving new hope to patients suffering from a life-threatening condition. 

Prioritising at-risk patients for mpox (monkeypox) vaccination was a highly effective strategy at the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre according to a recent study.

The devastating Ash Wednesday bushfires left a lasting impact on the lives of many Australians – and forever changed life at The Alfred.

A mobile CT scanner is being utilised at the bedsides of critically ill ICU patients for the first time in Australia, allowing specialists at The Alfred to quickly identify potentially life-threatening injuries in rapid time.

The Alfred is offering patients with antibiotic-resistant super bugs fresh hope with a unique therapy first discovered more than a century ago.

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

In a possible breakthrough for the early detection and diagnosis of skin cancer, Victorian researchers are testing how artificial intelligence (AI) can become a powerful and readily accessible tool for dermatologists.

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

In a Victorian first, a new keyhole procedure at The Alfred is giving hope to patients with a common yet deadly heart valve disease who have been previously considered ineligible for lifesaving surgery due to their age or health.