The Australian state of Victoria’s head of government, Premier Daniel Andrews, has been moved out of intensive care at Melbourne’s Alfred hospital after fracturing a vertebrae in a fall last week. Andrews slipped on wet stairs at a Mornington Peninsula holiday rental while getting ready for work Tuesday morning. He fractured the T7 vertebrae in the middle of his spine and broke several ribs in the fall. He was initially treated at Peninsula Private Hospital but transferred to Alfred Trauma Centre in Melbourne after specialists assessed an MRI scan. The Alfred Hospital has confirmed he will move from the intensive care unit into a ward on Saturday. The director of the intensive care unit, Associate Professor Steve McGloughlin, said Andrews was in good spirits. “Mr Andrews is comfortable and doing well,” he said. McGloughlin confirmed there are no plans to operate on the premier’s injuries at this stage. The premier wrote …
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