The Alfred Hospital, in Melbourne, is a 350–390-bed tertiary referral hospital with acute medical, surgical and psychiatric services. It is one of three hospitals in Bayside Health, a major metropolitan health service, and is one of the two major adult trauma centres in Victoria. The hospital also provides a number of statewide services, including those for heart–lung transplantation, cystic fibrosis and major burns.
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