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Trauma admissions are expected to increase by 44% this holiday season.

Trauma admissions are expected to increase by 44% this holiday season.

We need your support.

At a time when we see up to a 44% increase in major trauma patients over the summer holiday period compared to the rest of the year, your support today can help us deliver the very best lifesaving care when it is needed most. The Alfred is funded by Government to cover many aspects of what we do. However, our clinical teams know they can provide even greater care and support to our patients with increased resources from donations – gifts that support new and innovative treatments and specialist equipment as soon as they are needed.

Hit by a tram travelling at 40km/h, resulting in injuries so severe he was given a less than 5% chance of survival, Ben is living proof of how the extraordinary team at The Alfred make the impossible possible every day. 

In 2005, Ben was 29 years old when in one moment of distraction he stepped in front of a moving tram. His injuries were so severe that based on a common measure doctors use to rate the likelihood of a patient surviving, Ben was given an almost zero chance of survival.  

Ben’s injuries were extensive and horrific, yet against all odds, Ben’s life was saved thanks to The Alfred’s world-renowned expertise in emergency, trauma and intensive care.  

Remarkably, years later his father Robert’s life was also saved, twice, through the critical care he received at The Alfred. 

Ben and his father’s experiences are a true testament to the role The Alfred has had in saving generations of Victorians – sometimes, even within the same family. 

 

18 years later and Ben is happily married with two children 

 

Your help is critical right now, at a time when we see up to a 44% increase in major trauma patients over the summer holiday period compared to the rest of the year. Your support today can help us deliver the very best lifesaving care when it is needed most.