Alfred Health
Victoria's voluntary assisted dying law comes into effect on 19 June 2019. It allows a person in the late stages of advanced disease to take medication prescribed by a doctor that will bring about their death at a time they choose – often at home supported by family and friends.
Caulfield Hospital has expanded its services for cardiac patients with the arrival of a new cardiologist.
The Alfred’s ICU staff were honoured to help fulfil patient Toni Carroll’s dream of getting married to her partner and father of her two children, Jesse Welsh.
A life-threatening stroke shook John Cole into taking serious steps to improve his health – most notably he stopped smoking.
Doctors at The Alfred were the only Australian researchers involved in an international randomised trial published in The Lancet that has shown patients live significantly longer when stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) is used to target all of their tumours.
Volunteer Kate Pointon knows what it’s like to be a patient on the Neurosurgery ward at The Alfred – it’s where she spent three months last year recovering from a brain aneurysm. Now, she’s one of the first “Host Volunteers”, providing patients on the Neurosurgery and Trauma wards with companionship and conversation.
As we recognise International Nurses Day on Sunday 12th (the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth) we celebrate all of our nurses at Alfred Health and the vital role they play in delivering quality healthcare to our communities.
The Alfred burns team has launched a new web resource designed to help regional clinicians care for patients with severe burns, once they return home.
The Alfred Hospital Nurses League took part in the march to the Shrine of Remembrance on ANZAC Day 2019.
Graham Arkle was driving an eight-tonne army vehicle to an exhibition in March when a b-double crashed into the back of him on the Hume Freeway near Glenrowan.