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My mum had a minor procedure there and they nicked an artery in her groin on the way out and had to rush her to the Monash because they don't have a vascular team at the VHH.

I hope she is all well now, I was surprised to hear they are already taking patients, my cardiologist hasn't even moved in yet but he is eventually!

There are no guarantees in even minor procedures, one of the big complications in having stents is damaging a vein or artery. Even at the newer hospitals like VHH and the new Frankston Cardiology Centre they'll ship you off to Monash or the Alfred if something goes wrong because there just aren't that many emergency specialists to go around.

The other week I was in the GP and a mother brought a kid in who had accidentally stabbed herself in the forearm using an art knife, one of those scalpel blades they use to cut stencils, just the wrong spot so they packed her in an ambulance and straight to the Alfred. The nurse said she was lucky somebody was home or things could have been as bad as it gets from what most people would say is a trivial cut.