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29 December 2021 - Summer is a busy time for the Victorian Poisons Information Centre, which is based at Austin Health.
16 December 2021 - Professor Rinaldo Bellomo received the prestigious award for innovative research and leadership which has revolutionised critical care medicine on a global scale, including ongoing registries and trials focused on COVID-19 patients in ICU.
14 December 2021 - It's been a big year for Austin Health Pathology, including the consolidation of the health service with regional labs throughout Victoria.
6 December 2021 - Like everything else affected by COVID, Austin Health's volunteer program has needed to adapt and has embraced a new way of connection and assistance.
3 December 2021 - The DLO program aims to address and improve barriers faced by people with disabilities when accessing mainstream services.
2 December 2021 - Austin Health patient, Paul Kalolo, nearly died from COVID and spent six weeks in ICU. This week he's ready to go home.
1 December 2021 - It's been 40 years since HIV was first detected, and treatments continue to advance, with progress in management and prevention therapy having positive outcomes for people’s quality of life.
24 November 2021 - November is the worst month for grass pollen triggered asthma in Melbourne. Coughing and wheezing are not symptoms of hay fever and are more likely related to undiagnosed asthma.
22 November 2021 - The new clinic ensures vaccines are more accessible to the vulnerable in our community.
17 November 21 - Enough funds were raised by generous donors to purchase more than 9,000 coffees for our healthcare workers.
15 November 2021 - Austin Health's Podiatry team has initiated a High-Risk Foot Service model of care to reduce the instance of foot ulcers, hospitalisation and amputation for diabetes patients.
4 November 21 - The program, led by Austin Health, aims to keep people with COVID safe and well at home to avoid having to come to hospital
28 October 21 - More than 1,000,000 COVID-19 vaccinations have been administered in the north-east
28 October 21 - Institute for Breathing and Sleep Physiotherapist, Dr Marnie Graco, has received the 2021 Rob Pierce Grant in Aid, which was established after IBAS Director, Rob Pierce, lost his life in the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires.
21 October 2021 - ICU Clinical Support Nurse, Hannah Skidmore, is feeling nervous as the state starts to open up and case numbers continue to rise
14 October 2021 - With 27 disciplines across more than a thousand employees, Allied Health at Austin Health has an important role in our community.
6 October 2021 - Our Orthotics and Prosthetics team at Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre fit approximately 100 limbs per year. It's National Amputees Awareness Week and they want you to know amputees can do anything and everything they want to do.
5 October 2021 - Filled with fresh snacks and drinks, the trolley is part of a wellness initiative to help fuel staff in a busy environment.
Austin Health played host to the team from Sunrise today as they checked in to find out how staff dealing with the pressure of COVID cases.
29 September 2021 - Our COVID Vaccine Clinic Pharmacy Service has been busy preparing up to 1,680 Pfizer vaccines a day.
28 September 2021 - Nurse Gino Ballentos is working on 7 East again, after being on the ward for six months last year. He believes it's much worse and scarier this year than last.
22 September 2021 - Recruitment is underway for a new trial which aims to remove the protein that causes Alzheimer's, long before participants display any symptoms.
22 September 2021 - Austin Health’s Director of Intensive Care Research, Professor Rinaldo Bellomo, has again been recognised as a world expert in sepsis, by online referral engine Expertscape.
14 September 2021 - The Today Show visited Austin Health this morning to find out more about the preparations and work underway to care for COVID patients as demand on hospitals increases.
Austin Health’s COVID-19 pop up vaccination clinic at the Melbourne Market in Epping has been hailed a huge success, ensuring our fresh produce supply chain is protected.
8 September 2021 - As COVID cases continue to grow across the state, Austin Health physiotherapists are bracing for more COVID patients who are suffering long after the virus has gone.
7 September 2021 - Former Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre patient, Josh Hose, said his team's result was a humbling experience they would grow from and the entire event was amazing.
2 September 2021 - North Eastern Public Health Unit (NEPHU) Contact Tracing Team Leader, Ammar Haque, has a simple message for the public. At the hint of any symptoms - whether it's a scratchy throat or a slight runny nose - go and get tested.
31 August 2021 - “The impact on the lungs of COVID is like drowning on dry land, you just cannot get enough oxygen, you cannot get enough air no matter how much you try," A/Prof Stephen Warrillow said.
30 August 2021 - More than 500,000 COVID-19 vaccinations have been administered across the north-east of Melbourne since the vaccination rollout began.
26 August 2021 - It's Wounds Awareness Week and chronic wounds are more common than you think.
24 August 2021 - Austin Health has established a pop up vaccination hub at the Melbourne Wholesale Market in Epping, ensuring essential workers in Victoria’s fresh produce supply chain are protected.
23 August 2021 - Austin Health Chronic Kidney Disease Clinical Nurse Consultant, Katherine Cherry, has been awarded the 2021 Beverley Briese Nursing Scholarship, which is worth up to $55,000.
18 August 2021 - Student Bree Adamson, 25, received her first AstraZeneca vaccination on Monday and her message is to trust the experts and trust science.
17 August 2021 - The Minister for Mental Health, James Merlino, has announced an Victorian-first children’s mental health facility will be built in Macleod and operated by Austin Health.
12 August 2021 - The number of referrals of young people to Austin Health’s Adolescent and Child Eating Disorders inpatient program more than doubled in 2020 and Austin Health Paediatrician, Catie Fleming, believes early intervention is vital.
3 August 2021 - Former Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre patient, Josh Hose, is about to participate in his third Paralympics with wheelchair rugby team, The Steelers.
29 July 2021 - Clinical Lead of Austin Health's COVID-19 Vaccination Program, Dr Janine Trevillyan, says vaccination is the only way to end lockdowns, travel freely and live a normal life.
28 July 2021 - The global theme this World Hepatitis Day is “Hep Can’t Wait” asking people not to delay testing and treatment.
27 July 2021 - Bendigo resident Richard Betteridge recently celebrated his 12 month 'liver-versary' and is encouraging everyone to consider becoming an organ donor during Donate Life Week.
20 July 2021 - A seven-day lockdown extension has been announced for Victoria and will now end on Tuesday 27 July.
19 July 2021 - Epilepsy researchers from Austin Health and University of Melbourne have secured almost $3 million in funding from the Medical Research Future Fund to discover the causes of the most devastating forms of epilepsy, called the developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs).
16 July 2021 - It's National Diabetes Week, helping to reduce stigma attached to having diabetes and increasing awareness of life-changing devices like the Continuous Glucose Monitoring System (CGM).
15 July 2021 - Austin Health has donated more than 100 hospital beds to Sri Lanka to help during its COVID-19 crisis.
12 July 2021 - Brooke was awarded the 2021 Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplant Association's Allied Health Professional Outstanding Achievement Award
1 July 2021 - Two films commissioned by Austin Health have received recognition by leading international awards program, The Communicator Awards.
30 June 2021 - A patient with epilepsy has been seizure free since February after undergoing a new and rare treatment that Austin Health doctors hope could eliminate seizures without the need for open-brain surgery in some epilepsy patients.
22 June 2021 - The Acting Premier, James Merlino, and the Minister for Medical Research, Jaala Pulford, visited Austin Health today to announce funding for a world-first, collaborative trial aiming to track superbugs using genomics sequencing.
21 June 2021 - The Minister for Veterans, the Hon Shaun Leane MP, visited the Repat yesterday to unveil a structure commemorating the sacrifice of those who have served Australia in military conflicts since 1975.
