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Celebrating Dietitians Week
17 June 2025
This week is Dietitians Week, which highlights the role dietitians play in improving our health and wellbeing.  
nutrition
trauma
“Take care”: message from doctors on National Road Safety week
16 May 2025
Trauma Consultant Dr Marian Biddle is likely one of the first people you’d encounter following a road accident and admission to The Alfred.
road safety
trauma
Young footballer’s fight for life
27 February 2025
In July 2024, an accident on the footy field left rising star Michael Pisker in a coma for 17 days. Less than a year later, the determined young man is able to share his story as his dedicated team of medical professionals reflect on his road to recovery.
acquired brain injury
allied health
trauma
Geriatric Trauma Service lead Dr Margot Lodge and geriatrician Dr Faye Liu consult with a patient
Problem-solving to improve patient care: Geriatric Trauma Service forms to address growing needs
12 March 2024
With the number of older people needing hospital care following falls and other accidents on the rise, trauma specialists and geriatricians at The Alfred are working side-by-side to improve patient outcomes.
emergency & trauma
patients
trauma
“Physics doesn’t take a holiday”: Alfred Emergency and Trauma specialists issue holiday message
14 December 2023
A significant increase in 2023 of trauma presentations to The Alfred’s Emergency and Trauma Centre has doctors urging Victorians to take care leading into the busy holiday season.
emergency & trauma
patients
trauma
P.A.R.T.Y. program educating students from Sandringham College in October 2023
“Even if only one student is listening, it’s a success”: P.A.R.T.Y. returns to The Alfred
3 November 2023
The in-hospital education program that places high school students face-to-face with the life-changing reality of trauma has returned to The Alfred for the first time since the Covid pandemic.
education
emergency & trauma
trauma
Major Jonathan Begley stands with Lieutenant Colonel Charles Pilgrim, with Acting CEO Simone Alexander in the middle at the service
Alfred community comes together for moving Remembrance Day service
11 November 2022
For the first time in three years, The Alfred community has come together in person to pay tribute to those who died while serving the country.
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