Newsroom
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Austin Health helps launch National Diabetes Week 2019
Austin Health’s Director of Diabetes, Associate Professor Elif Ekinci, joined Diabetes Australia to share the findings of a world first program testing every patient over the age of 54 for diabetes when they are admitted to hospital to help launch of this year’s National Diabetes Week.
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Study shows life-changing benefit of nerve surgery
A world-first study led by Austin Health and the University of Melbourne has demonstrated how nerve transfer surgery is giving quadriplegic patients life-changing movement back in their hands and elbows.
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Spotlight on... The Surgery Centre
Did you know that if you’re having elective surgery with Austin Health then you’re twice as likely to have your procedure done at our Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital than at the Austin Hospital?
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Liver Transplant Unit performs Australia’s first live donor father-child liver transplant
Surgeons from the Victorian Liver Transplant Unit have saved the life of a one-year-old girl, successfully performing Victoria's first living-donor liver transplant between a father and child.