Melbourne cancer patient went to Adelaide for urgent scan due to ‘miscommunication’, minister says

Victoria's health minister defends colleague who suggested Kylie Hennessy, who has a brain tumour, roll with the punches'

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Victoria's health minister, Mary-Anne Thomas, has claimed a hospital miscommunication" caused a woman with a brain tumour to travel to Adelaide for an urgent medical scan.

Kylie Hennessy travelled to Adelaide last week for a functional MRI (fMRI) scan after she was told she would face a months-long wait in Melbourne.

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