Rowville electorate
Mr WELLS (Rowville) (14:40): (6370) My question is to the Minister for Health. Minister, when will the government fix the life-threatening delays patients are experiencing at the Monash Medical Centre? Adrian, a resident in my electorate of Rowville, was rushed to Monash by ambulance with a severe headache and vomiting on 2 May. Adrian also has prostate cancer. Adrian’s wife insisted doctors perform an MRI, but after misdiagnosing Adrian with a migraine, he was discharged four days later. By the following Tuesday Adrian was so ill his GP saw him at home and immediately ordered an MRI, which showed Adrian had had a stroke eight days earlier. Why are our hardworking medical and nursing staff under so much pressure in our hospitals? The Andrews government has had two years to prepare for COVID outbreaks, yet Monash Medical’s patient treatment times are among the worst in the state.