Griffith Base Hospital
Public Hospital
Griffith Base Hospital is a public hospital located in Griffith.
This hospital provides cancer surgery.
Chemotherapy is provided at the Griffith Oncology Unit.
Location and contact details
Griffith Base Hospital
Types of treatment
Griffith Base Hospital provides cancer surgery.
Information about additional cancer services including chemotherapy and haematology services can be found at Griffith Oncology Unit.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Surgery for certain cancers can be complex and requires treatment at a hospital with a lot of experience performing this type of surgery. Griffith Base Hospital is recommended for:
- colon cancer.
Cancer care teams
Specialists at Griffith Base Hospital participate on the multidisciplinary cancer care teams (MDT) listed below. The teams meet regularly to coordinate care for people with these types of cancers:
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- Bowel cancer
- Upper gastrointestinal cancer
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- Brain and spinal cord cancer
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- Breast cancer
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- Gynaecological cancer
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- Head and neck cancer
- Soft tissue sarcoma
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- Soft tissue sarcoma
- Upper gastrointestinal cancer
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- Urogenital cancer
Cancer specialists
The following cancer specialists work at Griffith Base Hospital:
Additional information
General information about fees
Most treatments are available in both the public and private systems but the costs can be very different. Also, a specialist can work in the public system, private system or both.
It is important to ask about fees before any doctors' visits, tests or treatments. Ask what the fees will be and how much you will get back from Medicare or your private health fund. You will have to pay any remaining costs (the gap payment).
Interpreting and translating services
Patients, their families and carers who do not speak English as a first language or who are Deaf have the right to free, confidential and professional interpreters when they use public health services.
Information for Aboriginal people
To speak to an Aboriginal Health Worker, contact Griffith Aboriginal Medical Service or phone (02) 6964 4533.
Information about what to expect before, during and after cancer treatment is available in this guide, written for Aboriginal people.
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