St George Hospital
St George Hospital
PAH
The Princess Alexandra Hospital
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
MacCallum Cancer Centre
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Joondaloop Health Campus
Joondaloop Health Campus
PMP Surgeons and Specialists in Australia
Health services in Australia, including CRS (peritonectomy) surgery / HIPEC, are delivered by the various states and territories and not by the Federal Government, which provides most of the funding for health
This complex surgery is not undertaken in private hospitals anywhere in Australia. So having private health insurance does not help.
For residents of NSW, VIC, WA, SA and QLD it is performed in the public hospitals indicated below next to photos and contact details of the lead surgeons. Unfortunately, to limit expenditure the number of operations available per year is restricted irrespective of demand. This surgery is not performed in the Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory or Tasmania but patients from those places can become “interstate patients” to obtain this surgery in a state which is not their “home state.”
The present criteria appear to give the interstate referring oncologists the final say as to whether “interstate patients” pass the very difficult hurdles of being “assessed as eligible in their home states” for this surgery and for example, “clinically referred to St George Public Hospital” in NSW.
St George
St George
New South Wales
UNSW Department of Surgery
St George Hospital
Kogarah NSW 2217
Australia
Professor David Morris
t 61 2 9113 2070
f 61 2 9113 3997
PAH
The PAH
Queensland
The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH)
199 Ipswich Rd
Wooloongabba
QLD 4102
t (07) 3176 2111
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
South Australia
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
28 Woodville Road
Woodville South
SA 5011
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Victoria
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
2 St Andrews Place
East Melbourne
VIC 3002
Assoc. Professor Craig Lynch, MBChB, MMedSci, FRACS, FCSSANZ, FASCRS(int)
Colorectal surgeon, Chair, Lower GI Cancer and Peritoneal Malignancy Services
Melbourne
Richmond
VIC 3121
m (+61) 405 435 743
Joondaloop
Joondaloop
Western Australia
Joondalup Health Campus
Shenton Avenue
Joondalup
Perth
Western Australia
6027
Professor Paul Moroz
Surgical Oncologist and Professor of Surgery, University of Western Australia
Suite 115 Joondalup Health Campus
t 08 9400 9949
f 08 9400 9954
*Please note, Pseudomyxoma Survivor does not endorse individual surgeons or specialists.
I was shocked by my pseudomyxoma peritonei diagnosis
Being diagnosed with pseudomyxoma peritonei (or PMP) came as a huge shock. It was discovered accidentally as my usual yearly bloods showed abnormalities. My GP suggested an ultrasound because my kidney numbers were slightly down.
I thought I had a hernia
John went into hospital for a hernia operation. Afterwards, he was told that it wasn’t a hernia but a ‘small, bloody mass’. The pathology came back as pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP).
I had flu-like symptoms and was diagnosed with PMP
Initially, I had flu-like symptoms with pain in all the joints in my body followed by bad abdominal pain that did not go away.
Campaigning for patients
To limit expenditure, the number of operations at each of these hospitals available per year is restricted, irrespective of demand. This is why we have been campaigning in Australia for more funding for this life-saving surgery (read more at http://www.livesatrisk.com.au). This surgery isn’t performed in the Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory or Tasmania but patients from those places can become “interstate patients” to obtain this surgery in a state which is not their “home state.” The present criteria appear to give the interstate referring oncologists the final say as to whether “interstate patients” pass the very difficult hurdles of being “assessed as eligible in their home states” for this surgery and, for example, “clinically referred to St George Public Hospital” in NSW. Unfortunately for patients, not all members of our medical profession know about this surgery or are well informed about this surgery. We are campaigning for the following criterion to be added:
Before an interstate patient is refused this life-saving surgery at a public hospital in Australia an opinion from a “peritonectomy specialist” in Australia, of the patient’s choosing, will be considered by the Enhanced Multi-Disciplinary Team for peritonectomy at St George Public Hospital or other similar body at the relevant public hospital.
You can help by emailing the Federal Health Minister and the Health Minister for your state.