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RMH Organ Donation team members

Best practice sees organ and tissue donations grow

25 July 2018

The gift of organ donation has the power to saves lives. Despite increased community awareness, the number of patients who need lifesaving transplants continues to exceed the number of generous donors.

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5 Ways to Wellbeing

5 Ways to Wellbeing and a healthy mind

24 July 2018

Most people know what it takes to have a healthy body to keep us living longer. But when it comes to doing things for a healthy mind, it can be a bit hard to know what to do.

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Premier Daniel Andrews opening the new RMH winter flex ward.

New ward to support RMH through busy winter season

19 July 2018

The RMH’s new $1.2m winter flex ward, 2 West, is now open, helping to take the pressure off the Emergency Department and the wider hospital during the busy winter season.

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Chewing away post-op nausea

18 July 2018

It’s familiar to everyone, it’s available at the corner store, it’s cheap, it’s tasty and it could be the key to chewing away post-surgery nausea.

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Healthy Brain Project.jpg

How the internet is helping fight Alzheimer’s disease

14 June 2018

Why do some people develop Alzheimer’s disease while others don’t?

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Tags:
dementia, healthy brain; neurosciences, alzheimers, research, clinical trial
Professor Frank Vajda and Professor Rinaldo Bellomo

Queen's Birthday Honours for distinguished RMH leaders

12 June 2018

Two distinguished leaders at The Royal Melbourne Hospital have been recognised in the prestigious Queen’s Birthday Honours.

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The garden outside ward 7B

Ward 7B Rooftop Garden brings peace and respite to our patients

01 June 2018

On 28 May, we were delighted to officially open our Ward 7B Rooftop Garden and welcome the generous supporters whose contributions have made this very special project possible.

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ICU Pod D opening event, May 2018

Final ICU pod officially opened

18 May 2018

The Royal Melbourne Hospital’s 42-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is now complete, with the fourth and final Pod officially opened on 18 May.

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A Royal Melbourne Hospital staff member helps a patient learn more about their medications using the Patient Learning Hub.

Supporting our patients through e-learning

08 May 2018

An innovative web portal where patients can access information about their medications while in hospital and after leaving hospital has been developed by The Royal Melbourne Hospital Pharmacy Department.

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Nursing using the EMR

Electronic patient records to connect care in Parkville

01 May 2018

Victorians will benefit from a new digital investment in Melbourne’s Biomedical Precinct with the announcement of $124 million for the new Connecting Care Electronic Medical Record (EMR) program.

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Tags:
EMR, health, medical records