The worst place in Melbourne for breast cancer treatment. Ridiculous pathology scans ordered before any surgery that are unnecessary and overpriced. Arrogant and money hungry medical specialists making millions by giving sub standard medical care to vulnerable women. No 'health team approach' just 'doctor know's best' and the brush off when you ask questions. No access to qualified nursing staff, just secretaries called 'the doctors nurse' and who openly refer to themselves as 'stupid'. No pre chemo education what so ever. No discussion of cancer treatment causing infertility to young women who have not had children or referral to IVF treatment prior to chemo. No discussion of treatments causing early menopause and assistance with side effects like osteoporosis, hot flushes, sexual dysfunction. No symptom management when going through chemotherapy, phone calls to specialists asking for anti nausea medication are never returned. No health assessments during chemo what so ever. Patients never reweighed before each subsequent dose no matter how dramatic their weigh change is. No recording of chemo dose lifetime accumulative dosage to prevent risk of serious cardiac disease. Chemo single checked by unqualified nurses at Mercy Hospital, which is just a tiny private surgical based hospital with no oncology unit at all. No follow up care after treatment what so ever. If you want to end up broke, sick, a victim of 'over servicing' and confused from lack of education and care, go here. A private company that trades under the name of a Catholic network but is in fact run by the same doctors who work in this clinic and has no relation to the St Vincent's and Mercy network. This clinic was reported to the Health Department for dangerous and substandard health care in 2008. The worst part is that some of the specialists who work in this private clinic, also work in large public hospitals, where they give top quality and safe care to public patients, for free so they know what 'should' happen. These people took $10.000 from me in 2007, gave me medical treatment that was way below current Best Practice Clinical Guidelines. When I compared my treatment to public standards and realised the dramatic gaps between the two, my questions to doctors were dismissed in an arrogant and rude manner. My suggestion is to go to a large public hospital if you have cancer, and get safe, accountable treatment that is free. read more
