Scrub Choir releases heartfelt message from frontline workers
01 July 2022
Following their past viral hits, the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) Scrub Choir is back - this time with a healing message.
30 June 2022
It’s the good news story that went viral. Sarah is a 22 year old who lives with an intellectual disability. Unfortunately for Sarah, she became infected with COVID and required hospitalization during the height of the COVID wave.
World-first clot-busting drug trial improves patient care on Mobile Stoke Unit
09 May 2022
A randomised controlled drug trial suggests clot-busting drug Tenecteplase provides better outcomes for stroke patients compared to the current standard of care alteplase.
Mobile Stroke Unit delivers lifesaving treatment to 34-year-old mum
25 March 2022
A Hoppers Crossing mother who suffered a stroke last year has been reunited with the specialist stroke team and paramedics who came to her aid.
GP collaboration took pressure off hospitals during COVID-19 surge
22 March 2022
In mid-2020, faced with a rising wave of COVID-19 infections – a previously unknown disease with neither vaccine nor effective treatment – an urgent, improvised collaboration between the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH), North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network (NWMPHN), and community health organisation cohealth, created a system that supported thousands of lives and ensured the city’s healthcare ecosystem didn’t collapse.
World’s first study confirms acute stroke treatment is influenced by ethnicity and race
03 November 2021
An international, randomised controlled ischaemic stroke trial, DIRECT-SAFE suggests acute stroke treatment should be adapted based on ethnicity and race.
The RMH administers new COVID-19 treatment
25 October 2021
The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) was Victoria’s first health service to administer sotrovimab for COVID-19 treatment.
New research improves screening efficiency for type 1 diabetes
06 September 2021
Researchers from Melbourne have led a global collaboration to develop a simplified blood test that increases the overall screening efficiency for type 1 diabetes.
Lung ultrasound program nabs nurse award
19 August 2021
An education and training program that teaches nurses and physiotherapists to assess lung health using ultrasound has been recognised by the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ).
Study of illicit drug use and road trauma reveals extent of methamphetamine use
13 August 2021
The first comprehensive study of illicit drug use and motor vehicle trauma has found that one in 8 of those who end up in the emergency major trauma centre, whether a driver, passenger, cyclist or pedestrian, test positive for an illicit drug – and that 77% of these are under the influence of methamphetamine.
