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Perth system
Hello I'm wondering about the public system in Perth. A friends sister was diagnosed with Stage 3 last Friday and is waiting to hear today from the hospital for an appointment. Does this sound right? Can anyone tell me how this should happen and timeframes? thanks Tess -
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- Christobel Saunders is the best breast surgeon and she was at RPH but I was transferred to FSH when it closed down. Get the GP to refer her to the breast clinic at FSH. Dont go private. Public patients get a lot of stuff for free that private patients pay for. We all have access to the same treatments.
- Ask the friend to ring the hospital and follow up the referral. Usually you aren't given the stage until you see the breast surgeon and have the workup and surgery, unless she has and waiting for oncology appt. Then a week is not too excessive but still worthy of follow up. Kath x
