For Patients
What is a Haematologist?
A haematologist is a doctor who specialises in diagnosing, treating and managing diseases that affect your blood, bone marrow and lymphatic system.
Blood diseases may be benign (noncancerous) disorders or malignant (cancerous). Blood disorders and blood cancer may have mild symptoms or be life-threatening. Some diseases keep your blood from flowing (blood clots), while others make you bleed more than normal.
Many haematologists, like Dr Chatrapati, also work in a diagnostic laboratory examining microscopic samples of blood and bone marrow or performing specialised investigations to establish a diagnosis in patients with blood disorders.
Welcome to the QLD HAEM HUB.
To help ensure we are able to make your visit to our practice as seamless as possible, here a few things to note before we see you.
- Your referral letter from your doctor
- Your Medicare and Health Fund information/cards
- Any scans, reports, test results & correspondence that may assist us
You (or your contact person) will receive an automated text message 1-2 days prior to your appointment. Please respond to this text to confirm. If you need to reschedule, please ring/email our practice to organise a new date. We appreciate advance notice of the need to reschedule to give patients on our waiting list the chance to utilise the appointment spot.
- You will be advised of our fees when making your appointment booking
- Medicare rebates apply for eligible patients with a current medical referral
- Credit card (VISA/Mastercard) and EFTPOS are our accepted payment methods (no cash please)
