❓ This question seeks clarification on where patients requiring anti-VEGF injections will be treated after presenting at the new Midland Public Hospital. The answer details the existing treatment locations and confirms patients will be directed based on postcode and drug access, mirroring previous arrangements at Swan District Hospital.
AnsweredQoN 3411Legislative Council
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Where will patients presenting at the new public Midland Hospital for anti-vascular endothelial growth factor injections be required to go to access this treatment?
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Answered
20 October 2015
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Health
Response time
34 days
Anti-Vascular Endothelial growth factor injections are available at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, in
the day stay chemotherapy unit at Rockingham General Hospital and Fiona Stanley Hospital. In line with the arrangements that have been in place at Swan District Hospital, patients of the new Midland Public Hospital requiring this treatment will have their injections at one of the abovementioned hospitals allocated as per their postcode and access to the drug.
the day stay chemotherapy unit at Rockingham General Hospital and Fiona Stanley Hospital. In line with the arrangements that have been in place at Swan District Hospital, patients of the new Midland Public Hospital requiring this treatment will have their injections at one of the abovementioned hospitals allocated as per their postcode and access to the drug.
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