Epworth Freemasons

I’ll spare any kind of hospital-​visit details, but having required the care of a few hospital visits in the last couple of years (damn you aging body!) I can start to see the value in the painful amounts of cash spent on private health insurance.
The Epworth Freemasons is a private hospital with a number of day-​procedure suites and specialists. They have a lot of specialised women’s facilities and having been here for a recent procedure I was astounded by the level of care and professionalism I was met with. Mostly because I have been treated at Royal Womens, where patients are treated like cattle and you’ll be lucky to see the same face twice.
Obviously it’s going to depend on the kind of care you need and doctor you wind up with, but even when I had a day procedure here a few years ago and complained about the jerk doctor and his lousy bedside manner, the hospital administrators were courteous and understanding.
Unfortunately even the exxy health care probably won’t cover you for treatment costs at Freemasons, but they are good about providing quotes upfront before booking to help you prepare. Just be warned that you may receive an unsolicited donation request phone call after being a patient here, which can be a bit insulting if you’ve barely scraped together your treatment costs, but as a non-​profit organisation, is just how the world works.
If you have a choice (and basically in the case of this hospital you’re doing exactly that), I do have to give them props for their care of women.