"A current cancer patient"

My parent has had 2 previous operations to remove cancerous tumours in the past 6 years. They were referred again several months ago as they now have numerous tumours again and was told they would be operated on again in the next two months to remove these tumours, so we prepared for the upcoming operation.

2 weeks before the surgery my parent received a phone call to say that the surgery was cancelled because the surgeon had looked at the scans again and realised it was more in-depth than first thought. So we came to Perth an 8 hour round trip to see a different surgeon at SCGH that would be helping with the surgery. We had been given a new date for the next month but the surgeon wanted my parent to have more scans and tests so that they were satisfied that they would be able to cope with the complexity of the surgery. So the surgery date was cancelled again, we came to Perth multiple more times for tests and appointments and was given another date for surgery for the start of this year. The surgery will be at SCGH but the Gynaecologic Oncologists from KEMH would also be there performing the surgery as well as the general surgeon from SCGH.

2 weeks before the surgery the doctor rang my parent to say that the operation was cancelled again, saying that the surgeon from SCGH couldn't attend that day. This was over 6 weeks ago and apart from me writing emails to try and find out when it will be rescheduled no one from the Gynaecologic Oncologists team or department has rang my parent to see how they are, how their pain is, explain anything to them!

It has been over 6 months since they were referred back to KEMH and my parent still has numerous tumours and no date in sight as to when they will be operated on. I am disgusted that it's 2021 and patients are still being treated like this! Where is your duty of care for your patients and how long does somebody have to wait to have cancer cut out of their body before it is too late and surgery is not an option anymore.