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Words by Trevor Williams and Peter Bergin (senior clinicians at The Alfred Hospital) memorialising the passing of colleague Don Esmore ...
Each year thousands of Australian lives are saved and transformed through the generosity of organ and tissue donors and their families. While the m...
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Written by Kristy Blacker, this feature tells the story of a mother and son, hundreds of kilometres away from home, in an unfamiliar city in a ...
Pets are renowned for their unconditional love and affection, especially when we may have some emotional or physical challenges. This has been ...
Author - Karen Linehan, Health Psychologist Having a heart or lung condition and/or recovering from treatment (including tran...
The HLTTV has released a new booklet listing many of the financial and social supports available to transplant recipients, their families and carer...
Alfred Health have developed a suite of guides for a range of conditions including heart and lung transplant recipients. Each of the guides also in...
We’ve been getting a lot of enquiries and concern from our transplant community about COVID-19. Louisa Walsh is a former HLTTV President an...
Information is updated regularly and the Lung Transplant Service is in communications with Alfred Health and Infectious Disease Experts to keep you...
Share your expectations of food served in public hospitals and public sector residential aged care services. Overview The Victorian...
The Andrews Labor Government is stepping up its efforts to see more young Victorians vaccinated against the flu. Minister for Health Jenny M...
Laws around organ and tissue donation need urgent reform, including an “opt out” to encourage more donations in Victoria, according to the Law Inst...
A battle of epic proportions is raging in your body when you have flu. But precisely what are the forces involved? Is a cold any different?...
The Andrews Labor Government has ordered record quantities of the flu vaccine and is once again protecting Victoria’s littlest children from the de...
A child has died after contracting influenza, amid one of the biggest summer seasons of flu the state has seen. The number of cases reported...
Applications are now open for community groups or not-for-profit organisations to run events during 2019 DonateLife Week (Sunday 28 July – Sunday 4...
Australia has recorded a major increase in lifesaving and life changing organ donations and transplants, following a record rise in donor consent r...
The Andrews Labor Government is taking action to grow the number of organ donors whose great gift saves the lives of Victorians. Minister fo...
Sunday 18 November 2018 is DonateLife Thank You Day – a national day dedicated to honouring all organ and tissue donors and their families...
Football fans are encouraged to join the Australian Organ Donor Register during DonateLife Week, Sunday 29 July – Sunday 5 August, with the Footbal...
Australians are urged to wait no longer to register as organ and tissue donors this DonateLife Week (29 July – 5 August 2018). As part of th...
This weekend, football fans across the nation will be urged to join the Australian Organ Donor Register, as the Australian Football League (AFL) ag...
Sam Chisholm AO leaves many legacies, high among those the leadership he gave to Australia’s Organ and Tissue Authority, as inaugural Chairman....
An expert panel will investigate and identify any barriers faced by First Nations people in need of kidney donations, to help ensure equity of acce...
