Canberra Hospital removes 1000 child patients from waiting list
About 1000 children were removed from Canberra Hospital's specialist waiting list. This happened during a clinical review.
Canberra Hospital cut roughly 1000 child patients from its outpatient waiting list as part of a review. Parents and clinicians worry that children with serious medical conditions were removed.
Doctors think thirteen-year-old Jordan Mavroudis has hereditary angioedema. Hereditary angioedema is a life-threatening condition causing tissue swelling.
He was removed from the immunology clinic list. His mother got a letter saying he no longer qualified.
Another child had severe anaphylaxis and was rushed to hospital. After waiting three years, this child was also removed from the list.
The health minister said patients with anaphylaxis should be eligible. He urged worried parents to contact the hospital.
MLAs from different parties passed a resolution together. They demanded that referrals stay active unless a clinician talks with the patient and their doctor.
The hospital will review all more than 65,000 outpatient cases over the coming months.
- about 1000
- Children removed
- more than 65,000
- Total outpatient cases
- 13 years old
- Jordan's age
- three years before removal
- Anaphylaxis wait time
Why it mattersChildren with serious conditions may miss critical specialist diagnosis if they cannot afford private care. The removal process appears to have failed vulnerable families.
AustraliaCanberra families now face uncertainty about whether their child's specialist referral remains active, and may need to re-argue their case to the hospital.
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