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Clinician searches for supplies
Statewide pharmacy service for Voluntary Assisted Dying
27 February 2019
The pharmacy service to support Victoria’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 will be based at The Alfred.
pharmacy
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.
patients
research & innovation
Victoria's voluntary assisted dying law allows a person in the late stages of advanced disease to take medication that will bring about their death at a time they choose.
Caring for our carers
26 February 2019
Eleni was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 2012, sending a shock through the family. Eleni’s daughter Nina slowly found herself taking on the primary caring role.
alzheimers
Teanau Roebuck, Murray Johns and Matthew Naughton in the new sleep lab
Celebrating 50 years of sleep
25 February 2019
Experts are calling this the 'century of sleep loss' but sleep has come under close scrutiny at The Alfred in the last 50 years. 
sleep
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.
burns
patients
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. 
patients
Carol Anderson and Kia Noble promote healthy options at the Sandringham Kiosk
Sandringham and Caulfield Hospitals cut back on sugar
30 January 2019
Sugary drinks are no longer on the menu at Caulfield and Sandringham hospitals in a major push to curb sugar intake and promote healthier choices. 
research & innovation
Lee Elliott
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. 
burns
patients
Elderly woman being helped to stay cool by a friend
Older Victorians warned about life-threatening heatstroke
23 January 2019
As Victorians continue to sweat through hot summer days, some people in our community are more vulnerable to heat-related illness. These include people over the age of 65, young children and people with certain pre-existing medical condition.
aged care
Irene Kirby, Dr Alex Parini, Liam Mangan-Smith, Dr Bridget Devaney in The Alfred's hyperbaric unit.
Injured divers rely on hyperbaric medicine service
27 December 2018
While diving with his family in New Caledonia in October, 24-year-old Liam Mangan-Smith ran out of air at 16 metres below the surface.
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