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A ground-breaking trial taking place across Australia and New Zealand could change the future of heart transplantation, potentially enabling up to 15 per cent more heart transplants to occur each year.

For the first time in fifteen years Craig is able to feel his toes again. Craig received a life changing heart transplant just over two months ago and has never felt more alive.

In a remarkable example of team collaboration at The Alfred, paediatric lung transplant patient Thuong Mai returned home to Queensland last week, with a newfound dream of becoming a nurse.

Any patient who has experienced the care of Louise Fuller can attest her lung transplant rehab program produces incredible results. So it’s fitting that Lou has been recognised in a prestigious fellowship program – the Churchill Fellowship.

Mike is encouraging everyone to consider organ donation, as he recovers at The Alfred following a lung transplant. 

More than one hundred people received new lungs at The Alfred last year, a milestone for the transplant program.

When Emma was put on the transplant waiting list for a new set of lungs, her lung function was down to just 23 per cent. Thanks to the generosity of an organ donor, she's here today to tell her story.

I grew up with half a heart. As a child, I struggled to run around with the other kids and as I grew, so did the struggle to keep up.

Imagine having the ability to change someone’s life with a phone call.