Australia’s three largest cardiac hospitals are collaborating to improve the quality and quantity of donor hearts, bringing hope to Australians desperate for a second chance. Chronic heart failure kills 10 Australians every day. The gold standard treatment is a heart transplant. However, 80 per cent of donor hearts are damaged and not suitable for transplant.

One of Metro North’s brightest young researchers has been awarded a Junior Research Fellowships to further his investigate work into delirium.