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Melbourne GP clinic pulls notice flagging extra charge to see female doctors
A Melbourne medical clinic has removed a notice from its website and a flyer inside the practice telling patients there would be a price hike for all appointments with its female doctors.
Key points:
- A clinic manager said the extra fee applied to one female and one male doctor, however this was not reflected in the flyer
- A patient, Maddie, said she was “really shocked” by the notice
- The Prahran clinic removed the notice following community outrage
Maddie, a patient at MyClinic Prahran, told ABC Radio Melbourne she had been attending the clinic for a few years and seeing an “amazing” female doctor.
Maddie referred a friend with chronic health problems to the clinic, who noticed the flyer on the wall on Monday.
Maddie said she was “really…
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