News

Life in the Alfred ICU

13 August 2025

Most people who pass by The Alfred’s ICU building are unaware of what happens inside – but anyone who has entered its doors as a staff member, a patient or a loved one, will have a compelling story to tell.

icu

patients

trauma

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

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

“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

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.

trauma