Victorian IVF providers warn of the ‘devastating effect’ this delay will have on patients who can’t afford to wait for treatment
are on the elective surgery waiting list – which includes some cancer treatments and cardiac surgeries.and Monash IVF Group warned the new regulations, which came into effect on 12 January and will last three months, would have a “devastating effect” on patients who couldn’t afford to wait for treatment.until further notice, while allowing current cycles, urgent surgeries and preservation cycles prior to cancer treatment to continue.
“The quicker I can get testing done and get another chance makes such a difference. The backlog will mean clinics are having to play catch up for three months with patients who’ve missed those procedures … for some women, with medical conditions, myself included, I don’t have the option to wait, this is how I have to grow my family.”
“While we understand the need not to add extra pressure on the health system during this difficult time, we can’t ignore the anguish and heartache that this has caused to so many of our Victorian patients,” he said. “I should not have that chance taken away and be told my treatment is considered elective. I didn’t choose to have PCOS, severe stage four endometriosis and adenomyosis.
“It’s been devastating to tell Victorian patients that they can’t start their IVF treatment for the next three months,” she said.
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