FUNDING cuts will likely cause elective surgery waiting lists to explode and no patient will be spared, surgeons warn.
Fairfax Media reports some hospitals may also be set to lose organ transplant services to other hospitals so the state can cut costs and streamline the system.
Victorian regional committee chair of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Dr Robert Stunden, said although every health network would deal with budget cuts differently, previous experience showed the first thing to go was elective surgery.
He said semi-urgent or category two elective surgery lists could be cut in half over the next six months, meaning people who should be operated on within three months could expect their wait to at least double to six months.
Category two patients are defined as those with some pain, dysfunction and disability and include people waiting for hip or knee replacements and vascular surgery.
Dr Stunden said although urgent surgery was likely to still be done on time, no surgical specialty, including cancer and pediatric care, would be immune from cuts, meaning many patients could expect to wait longer in pain.
"We are expecting to have major cutbacks in lists over the next six months - waiting lists will explode," he said.
Victorian Health Minister David Davis blamed the federal government for refusing to back down on plans to slash $106.7 million from Victorian hospital budgets this financial year.
Mr Davis said the federal government's recalculations of its funding were based on flawed population data, but the federal government disputes this and says funding to the state is still increasing compared to last year.
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