Dozens of potentially life-saving procedures at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, including surgery for skin, bowel, prostate, head and neck cancer, are set to be delayed.
The Victorian government has promised an extra 40,000 elective surgeries will be undertaken this year, but doctors doubt it is possible. Phil Muscat is among the thousands of people languishing on the waiting list.
The Victorian government has promised an extra 40,000 elective surgeries will be undertaken this year, but doctors doubt it is possible. Phil Muscat is among the thousands of people languishing on the waiting list.
Urgent category-one surgery is having to be rescheduled at some Victorian hospitals amid crippling staff shortages, as doctors warn of a rise in people arriving at hospital with life-threatening complications after coronavirus and flu infections.