Doctors have expressed fears that Canberrans suffering from gynaecological cancers could face "potentially compromised" care unless the government urgently commits funding to a permanent surgical unit for gynaecological oncology in the nation's capital.
A group of doctors have been lobbying both the territory and federal government for funding for a permanent surgery unit for gynaecological cancers and a specialist is prepared to establish a service in Canberra but they have not yet received a firm commitment.
