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Genevieve’s remarkable journey
8 June 2022
To this day, Genevieve Gardner can’t believe the fortune which befell her upon suffering a ruptured aneurysm. From surviving a sensation that felt like two cars backing into her head simultaneously followed by weeks in The Alfred ICU, she emerged almost unscathed.
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‘Without The Alfred I would not be alive today’
27 May 2022
Sue Newell leapt at the chance to reunite with her care team at The Alfred.
A double-lung transplant recipient, Sue recently achieved a significant milestone and was thrilled to have the chance to catch up with some of the key staff who helped save her life at The Alfred.
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‘The iron horse’: how The Alfred saved Robert Trickey’s life
23 May 2022
It reads like fiction, but incredibly is true.
Robert Trickey‘s journey through The Alfred’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is one that very few patients experience, ultimately leading to an emotional finale for Robert, his family and all the staff involved.
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Impact 2021 - The Alfred Foundation year in review
11 February 2022
In this special edition of The Alfred Foundation's annual publication, Impact, we focus not only on the effect that donors have had throughout 2021, but on the significant impact that philanthropy has had in our 150-year history.
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Gogglebox grandmother’s lifesaving care at The Alfred
26 August 2020
As the loveable Silbery family return to TV screens this week on Gogglebox Australia, Emily Milligan shares the story of her lifesaving treatment at The Alfred.
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Support The Alfred Critical Care Appeal
25 August 2020
While the world grapples with the current COVID-19 pandemic, The Alfred continues to play a significant role in responding to this crisis, working collaboratively to help lead the way in diagnosis, treatment and research. However, even in pandemics critical care for other patients doesn't stop and neither does The Alfred.
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Home away from home thanks to Dry July
28 June 2019
Thanks to generous funding from the Dry July Foundation and a community of alcohol-free fundraisers The Alfred has implemented a new patient accommodation program; giving patients and their loved ones and carers from regional and rural Victoria a home away from home.
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A place for the young and the young at heart.
12 April 2019
A cancer diagnosis and a prolonged and intensive confinement to hospital can take an immense toll on a young adult’s life. Thanks to the Dry July Foundation, the amazing people who abstained from drinking throughout Dry July and the contribution of a number of community fundraisers, The Alfred has been able to implement a new adolescence and young adult’s breakout area and provide a space where they can relax and act their age.
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Paying it forward
6 March 2018
When Alfred ICU and hyperbaric nurse Natalie McGregor was diagnosed with cancer, she found out how hard it was to be a patient – it left her emotionally and physically drained.
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