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Remembering Black Saturday - 10 years on

6 February 2019

Black Saturday is a day most Victorians will never forget.

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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. 

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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. 

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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.

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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.

Take care this holiday season

21 December 2018

The Alfred emergency team is ramping up for the festive season – after last year’s holiday period saw a spike in road trauma injuries, falls and alcohol-related presentations to the Emergency Department (ED).

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Amputee patient shares road safety message

20 December 2018

Emergency and Trauma specialists at The Alfred are urging road users to take care and slow down during this busy time of year.

Preventable ladder falls causing severe injuries

19 December 2018

Trauma specialists are urging Victorians to take care cleaning gutters and preparing the home for Christmas as the number of patients arriving at The Alfred with life-threatening injuries caused by ladder falls continues to rise.

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Ten years of advancement and care: ICU for all Victorians

14 December 2018

More critically ill and injured patients are being cared for in The Alfred’s 45-bed intensive care unit than ever before as the hospital marks 10 years since the modern facility opened its doors.

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Brachytherapy program helping men for two decades

10 December 2018

A radiation therapy treatment that provides prostate cancer patients with an alternative to surgery is being acknowledged for 20 years of helping men at The Alfred.

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