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Hospital in Victoria, Australia
The Alfred Hospital , (also known as The Alfred or Alfred Hospital ) is a leading tertiary hospital in Melbourne , Victoria . It is the second oldest hospital in Victoria after Melbourne Hospital which is still operating on its original site.[2] trauma centers in Victoria and houses the largest intensive care unit in Australia . In 2021 it was ranked as one of the world's best hospitals.[3]
The Alfred Hospital is a major teaching hospital affiliated with Monash University .[citation needed Alfred Health manages The Alfred Hospital along with Caulfield Hospital and Sandringham Hospital.[4]
History
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The "Hospital by the Yarra ", founded in 1871, was named after Prince Alfred after he was shot in an unsuccessful assassination attempt while on a royal visit to Australia. The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney , New South Wales is also named after the prince.
In 1957, The Alfred was the first hospital in Australia to place a patient on cardiopulmonary bypass to treat complex cardiac lesions.[citation needed
Services
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The Alfred Hospital, administered by the Metropolitan Health Service Alfred Health , offers medical services including cancer treatment , asthma management , psychiatry , allergy care , cardiology , and neurosurgery . It houses an Intensive Care Unit and also provides facilities for adult cystic fibrosis services and an adult burns center. The Alfred Hospital hosts both adult heart and lung transplantation services as well as a pediatric lung transplantation service.
The Alfred also collaborates with the Alfred Research Alliance, a consortium of medical research institutions located onsite.
Specialty units
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Some of the specialty units within The Alfred Hospital include:
Adult Cystic Fibrosis Unit
Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology – unique in Australia
Helen Macpherson Smith Burns Unit – unique in Victoria
Infectious Diseases Unit – includes state HIV /AIDS service
Lung Transplant Unit – second largest in the world
Psychiatry Unit accommodating 60 acute inpatients, including two APICSS (Alfred Psychiatry Intensive Care Statewide Service) beds
State Major Trauma Service – including road trauma center
The Heart Centre – World Health Organization Centre for Research and Training
Largest Mechanical Circulatory Support Service in Australasia (Ventricular Assist Devices)
Largest Adult ECMO center in Australia
Largest Hyperbaric unit in the Southern hemisphere
William Buckland Radiotherapy Centre – Specialists in Brachytherapy, Stereotactic Radiosurgery and General External Beam Therapy.
Interventional Radiology - Australia's largest uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) program.
Associated facilities
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References
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^ Lowthian, J., Curtis, A., Straney, L., McKimm, A., Keogh, M. and Stripp, A. (2015), Redesigning emergency patient flow with timely quality care at the Alfred. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 27: 35–41. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.12338
^ "Bayside Health : About The Alfred" . www.alfred.org.au . Archived from the original on 29 August 2007.
^ Newsweek (22 February 2021). "World's Best Hospitals 2021 - Top 200 Global" . Newsweek . Retrieved 15 July 2021 .
^ "Our hospitals" . Alfred Health . Retrieved 15 July 2021 .
^ "Alfred Health" . www.deakin.edu.au . Retrieved 15 July 2021 .
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