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CibbuanoPolak a chance to make full recovery
June 30th 2008 02:29
DOCTORS say Richmond utility Graham Polak has a chance of making a full recovery after being hit by a tram in Melbourne on Saturday night.
The 24-year-old is no longer in a coma, but is in intensive care in a serious but stable condition at the Alfred Hospital.
Polak was crossing the intersection of Orrong and Dandenong roads at Armadale at about 11.30pm on Saturday when he was hit.
The director of the Alfred Hospital's Trauma Centre Mark Fitzgerald said Polak appeared to have no brain swelling at this stage.
"He's continuing to improve, he's obeying commands this morning, we're reasonably happy with his progress," he said.
"He was put on a ventilator at the scene and taken to the trauma centre to do serial brain scans to make sure he didn't have any brain swelling. And I took him off the ventilator mid-afternoon yesterday and he's continued to improve since then."
"Without going into any great detail, he's had quite a severe blow to the head (and) he was deeply unconscious at the scene. He's got some areas of brain injury on his scan, but he's a young person, he's very fit.
Fitzgerald said it will take weeks for Polak to recover, but that there is a chance he will make a full recovery.
"He is a young person. He is very fit and we expect him to recover over the next few weeks," he said.
"It will take some time. It will take some time before we can be absolutely positive of his complete outcome but he is doing very well."
The 24-year-old is no longer in a coma, but is in intensive care in a serious but stable condition at the Alfred Hospital.
Polak was crossing the intersection of Orrong and Dandenong roads at Armadale at about 11.30pm on Saturday when he was hit.
The director of the Alfred Hospital's Trauma Centre Mark Fitzgerald said Polak appeared to have no brain swelling at this stage.
"He's continuing to improve, he's obeying commands this morning, we're reasonably happy with his progress," he said.
"He was put on a ventilator at the scene and taken to the trauma centre to do serial brain scans to make sure he didn't have any brain swelling. And I took him off the ventilator mid-afternoon yesterday and he's continued to improve since then."
"Without going into any great detail, he's had quite a severe blow to the head (and) he was deeply unconscious at the scene. He's got some areas of brain injury on his scan, but he's a young person, he's very fit.
Fitzgerald said it will take weeks for Polak to recover, but that there is a chance he will make a full recovery.
"He is a young person. He is very fit and we expect him to recover over the next few weeks," he said.
"It will take some time. It will take some time before we can be absolutely positive of his complete outcome but he is doing very well."
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