General Medicine – Patient Information

General Medicine:

  • Dr Andrew Mahony – Infectious Disease
  • Dr Stella Steyaporanata – General Physician
  • Dr Abourzar Hashemi – General Physician
  • Dr Freya Hildebrand – Respiratory Specialist
  • Heart Failure Clinic

Related links:

What we do

We provide specialist medical care assessment, investigation and management of patients with complex general medical problems.

How to access this clinic

You will need a referral letter from your GP or medical specialist to access this service.

Your doctor will need to fax or send your referral electronically, or you can bring it into the clinic.

When your referral is received it will be reviewed by the consulting team and categorised based on clinical urgency. You will be notified of your clinical urgency and expected wait time for your appointment.

The demand on specialist clinics is high. Consequently, waiting times for some specialties can be quite lengthy.

While every attempt will be made to provide you with the earliest possible appointment, the most urgent patients are given priority.

What to bring

  • Your appointment letter
  • Your Medicare care
  • A list of medications you are currently taking including herbal supplements and vitamins
  • Any relevant test results

Your appointment

Our Specialist Clinics is located in Echuca Regional Health, Building E, 25 Francis Street Echuca.

There is 2-hour parking on-street parking in Francis St and Leichardt St. Clearly signed disabled parking is also available.

A text message reminder will be sent to your mobile the day prior to your appointment.

Please present to main reception desk on arrival to let staff know you have arrived.

If you need to reschedule or cancel your appointment please contact reception on 03 5485 5864.

Fees

There is no out of pocket fee for this clinic.

These clinics are a public funded out-patients clinic.


Specialist Clinics Our Clinics General Medicine – Patient Information