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Respiratory services
Our respiratory medicine service provides care for patients with lung diseases.
We provide inpatient and outpatient services, including consultation, X-rays, radiology, exercise testing, advanced bronchoscopic techniques and other diagnostic services for the management of many respiratory conditions.
Some respiratory conditions can affect your lifestyle and emotional wellbeing as well as your physical health. We offer a team who will listen to your concerns to help identify the right treatment options for you.
Our respiratory services
Our respiratory specialists assess, monitor, diagnose and manage a wide range of respiratory symptoms including shortness of breath, chest pain, cough, respiratory infection and lung cancer. A wide range of investigative tools are available for this.
Our specialists provide care for a range of problems, including:
- lung cancer
- respiratory infections including pneumonia, bronchitis and tuberculosis
- interstitial lung disease (pulmonary fibrosis)
- chronic cough
- sleep disorders including sleep apnoea
- asthma
- pulmonary vascular disorders (affecting blood circulation of the lungs)
- COPD (emphysema and chronic bronchitis
- advanced bronchoscopic techniques
- sleep apnoea.
Our specialists work in close collaboration with other specialists, including cardiologists, thoracic surgeons, radiation oncologists, radiologists, oncologists, nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists to provide you the best possible outcomes.
Costs and fee payment options
If you have private health insurance, the costs for your hospital stay and specialist fees may be covered by your health fund, based on your level of cover.
If you don’t have private health insurance, you can access treatment at a St John of God Health Care hospital through our self-funded care option.
When you use your private health insurance, you get benefits that include access to St John of God Health Care private hospital facilities, your choice of specialist, minimal wait times, and with an eligible policy most of your hospital costs can be covered by your private health insurance fund.
You should contact your health insurer to understand your level of cover, and whether your policy is subject to additional fees such as a hospital excess or other ‘out-of-pocket’ expenses. Your health insurer will also be able to assist in understanding if you will have doctor, radiology and pathology out-of-pocket costs.
Patients who don’t have private health insurance can choose to access St John of God Health Care private hospital services and treatments by paying fees themselves.
By accessing our self-funded care option, you’ll be able to avoid wait times and have your surgery or treatment with your choice of specialist at a St John of God Health Care private hospital.
- Learn more and enquire about the self-funded care option.
- Call 1300 940 199 to get a quote for self-funded treatment.
If you have received an invoice for an expense associated with treatment from a St John of God Health Care service you can pay your bill online.
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