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How the Royal Melbourne Hospital navigated an Aged Care outbreak in the middle of Victoria’s second wave

24 March 2021

During the Covid-19 second-wave which faced Melbourne in July 2020, multiple aged care wards at the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) were impacted by an outbreak that affected both staff and patients.

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Kate Drummond

RMH and University of Melbourne researchers awarded multi-million dollar grant to advance care for brain cancer survivors

23 March 2021
The Australian Government has awarded $2.6 million to researchers at The Royal Melbourne Hospital and the University of Melbourne for a project using the latest information technology to improve the lives of people who have survived brain cancer.
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RMH researcher receives Cancer Council Grant

15 March 2021
A study aiming to find the genetic link between familial bowel cancers, led by Inaugural Chair of Adult Clinical Genetics at the University of Melbourne and The Royal Melbourne Hospital Professor Ingrid Winship, is one of 13 research projects that will share in $3.8 million from Cancer Council Victoria.
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Rapid COVID test evaluated at the Royal Melbourne Hospital

03 March 2021

Research by the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) and the Peter Doherty Institute for Infectious Diseases and Immunity, published results for the validation study of rapid point-of-care antigen testing in the Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific.

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Royal Melbourne Hospital’s Professor Kirsty Buising named Moomba Monarch

02 March 2021

Lord Mayor Sally Capp today announced this year’s Moomba Monarchs are representatives of the unsung community heroes who have been working to keep us all safe during COVID-19.

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Up, up and away…mobile brain scans to transform urgent stroke care

26 February 2021

Work is underway to create world-first light, portable brain scanners so more Australians have rapid access to real-time stroke treatment. The radical approach will tackle the serious inequity of access to stroke care for rural and remote Australians. It is expected to dramatically reduce the risk of death and disability after a stroke.

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NorthWestern Mental Health ‘HOPE’ services launched

25 February 2021

As one of the biggest providers of Mental Health services in Victoria, The Royal Melbourne Hospital’s North Western Mental Health (NWMH) is excited to announce the launch of two new Hospital Outreach Post-suicidal Engagement (HOPE) services.

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‘Waking Up’: Royal Melbourne Hospital nurse led research project

29 January 2021

A new research project is underway in the Royal Melbourne Hospital’s (RMH) Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and ward 6SE (cardiothoracic) to investigate the ways in which cardiac surgery patients wake up from their anaesthetics in ICU.

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Jewellers say ‘thanks’ to The RMH

29 January 2021

A global network of jewellers have come together in a unique project to thank frontline healthcare workers.

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Charles Malpas

RMH neuropsychologist receives $165,000 Post-Doctoral Fellowship to advance MS research

21 January 2021

Dr Charles Malpas aims to address the gap in knowledge on the variants of cognitive impairment among Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients with a substantial MS Research Australia grant.

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