The Alfred’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) volunteer team has won a prestigious new State award in recognition of the services provided during Victoria’s worst ever bushfires.

The ICU team were awarded equal first in the team category at the inaugural 2009 Minister for Health Volunteer Awards.

A long term Caulfield patient is setting himself a new challenge and also putting out the call to other amputees to join him.

Since the launch of the Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program (VIHSP) at Sandringham Hospital in January, over 400 babies had their hearing screened.