Petition Update 24 August 2025

1,750 Signature to date! 

Ms Pritchard Daughters middle name “Charlie” named after Chantelle’s Neurosurgeon who saved her life.  ❤️‍🩹

⁉️From being provided 6 weeks to live which was 20+ years ago. 

🗣See Chantelle Pritchard story of fighting the unbeatable and unforgiving diagnosis of Brain Cancer. Not once but twice!

👂 We hear so often Australians and First Nations people being provided a “timeline” or a “death sentence” when being diagnosed with a Brain Tumour. 

⁉️☑️Why? When something can be done! And on OUR shores, When treatment options haven’t been exhausted yet or even discussed? 
Why do these Neurosurgeons give up so quickly and take on the easier cases? Why? Because it doesn’t affect their operating statistics 📉 

They look good on paper taking the “easy” way out 📝 but how’s the bed side manner? Did they let you tape your conversations? Since you have a Brain issue? Did they explain “correctly” the symptoms and how to manage them? How’s their survival statistics going? How many operations have they undertaken? Did they allow you to “ask” questions? Did they seem open and transparent? Were they actively listening or trying to get you out of the room? Did you end up with just a psychiatrist referral?

❌🫵🏼That’s generally the way if you ask tooooo many questions….. 

🧠 Every Neurosurgeon has “their” expertise. Many are great for Neurological diseases and disorders such as MND, Multiple Sclerosis, Chiari Malformation, genetic dispositions, some specialise regarding the Spine more than the Brain, a small majority work in the paediatric space, some are exceptional with managing aneurysm’s, placing brain shunts to drain excess fluid, while many are precise at removing brain tumours. X

🤞Therefore when you attend 1 Surgeon and receive an opinion, your receiving their opinion based on: 

✔️Can I even get this case passed for surgical intervention through the EMT meeting 
✔️Their Operating expertise right for my family member and experience which can vastly differ from Neurosurgeon to Neurosurgeon
✔️If you seek a second opinion 99.9% of the time you won’t receive a 2nd opinion you will receive the same information provided by the 1st Neurosurgeon 
✔️The Neurosurgeon Sector have a database/communication system they check prior to giving any second opinions. ✔️Hence Dr Teo started to not toe the line. To give Australians and First Nations people their medical rights back
✔️Public and Private Neurosurgeons do not differ. Most Private work in the Public System but will open a private practice of their own. 
✔️Many Patients diagnosed see a Neuro Registrar and many repeat their stories continually at the same hospital and same Specialists clinic. ✔️So no continuation on Care and they are asking people with a Brain Injury to ✔️remember everything and keep going on repeat. ✔️This causes significant trauma and medical PTSD
✔️Significant lack of Medicare funding for MRI’s even for pre existing conditions. Currently you can get 1 a year with a referral from Neurosurgeon (but you have to get into Neurology first) ✔️Many wait as “Urgent” are seen hopefully in a year ✔️but many with Brain Tumours are under watch and wait with many people with a Neurological or post operative condition ❌waiting 3-5 years. 

🧑‍⚕️Neurosurgeons have this “I’m better than thou” bedside manner. The amount of reports we received of complete medical injustice is quite overwhelming. ✔️Surgeons not wanting to open MRI’s, ✔️Surgeons and other medical specialists degrading Dr Teo advising us we would be “vegetables” ✔️not wanting to order MRI’s and having patients pay upto $1.5k for imaging. This is after having a brain tumour and metal implants not to mention regrowths. ❌1 whole year! ✔️Surgeons not using patients first names, talking down to patients with many calling ✔️patients crazy. Referring them of to Psychiatrists just because they ✔️researched their condition/s before their appointment or ✔️patients respectfully raise some questions, ✔️produce some recent research or even some from 20 years ago and they get completely offended. 
✔️Patients that have seen Dr Teo are being gas light now and will forever. ✔️Many patients awaiting referrals are being discharged from services without consultation. ✔️Many patients are being targeted, vilified and ignored. ✔️Patients are receiving letters from PH instigating the blaming Dr Teo of issues they caused prior. 
✔️Patients are requesting a copy of their medical files from the hospitals through the FOI process. ✔️Many reports are completely missing scans, appointments made and cancelled, servicing notes not existent or complete fabrication of the truth or doctored, ✔️a lot of information selectively removed or not being provided to the patients, their carers and their family members. 

😢Many GP’s are at a loss as what to do with their Patients that have been reviewed or operated on by Dr Teo. It’s a battle for them to refer us publicly for annual checks and MRI’s, only to be rejected. They await outcomes from these referrals only for themselves as Medical Practitioners to be ignored also. 

👨‍⚕️ GP’s NEED the Neuro's advice and expertise to move forward. Including Surgeons and a Neurologists, Cardiologists, Oncology, Endocrinology, Neuro Physios, Speech Pathology, Psychology, and ALL other specialists assistance, regular check ups and diagnosis to help manage Patients day to day. For those after surgery the recovery continues for years and symptoms that arise from the surgery itself, needs to be managed.

🧠 Why NOT to follow up patients left over the Country, that are just hanging on from a State decision. Their Medical Team has been removed under their noses. 

🤕Not to mention NOT managing the Brain Injury itself can cause harm. 

🫵🏼Most IMPORTANTLY NOT 1 NEUROSURGEON even thought to call Dr Teo to undertake a patient handover? No they haven’t because they don’t need the information. Their every intention is to NOT manage or help many of Dr Teo’s patients appropriately. 

In Australia 🇦🇺 Professor Teo is known for removing the difficult Brain Tumours and multiple times, if the patient needs and wants, to turn the inoperable to operable which he has demonstrated, to challenge the status quo to provide patients and their families more time. 🫵🏼Did you notice they restricted Dr Teo on reoccurring tumours…. Why? So know if you are reviewed by someone different with more skills, advanced operating techniques and medical knowledge, then just maybe that death sentence isn’t so short or no longer exists. 

🏥 As Patients we don’t understand why our medical treatment and follow up has been affected. ⁉️Why if we have a recurring tumour or condition and Dr Teo was successful in managing it, why are we not being seen under Medicare by Dr Teo? Why not keep continuation of care? Rather than be gas light and ignored. 

🔬That’s something Dr Teo always provided. Even trying his hardest to get other Neurosurgeons to operate under Medicare for tumours and growths not so difficult. 

👉If Dr Teo was out for the money, fame and fortune he has definitely gone about it the wrong way! Referring patients off to the right service? How dare he! (Sarcasm) 

🤞Let’s keep this petition going! We have some important follow up to come. As many signatures the better. ✏️

🔈 Let’s ADVOCATE for those patients being left behind, gas light or ignored.   🗣Let’s RAISE our VOICES over the injustice AUSTRALIANS and First Nations people are receiving through the medical system
Lets scream from the rooftops that our lives matter - Our Brains Matter 365 days a year with no holidaying to be had.,

🗣Don’t forget, try to keep a picture of the QR code and when your with family, friends or out and about you can request peoples support. If you have a business share the link or QR code. Share across your social media platforms to. 

We need to keep highlighting this VERY important issue! 

🙏Thanks to everyone that is sharing their story, leaving a comment of support and ensuring Australians and First Nations people receive the best care possible regarding Brain Tumours 👋

We will ALWAYS Raise our VOICES when it comes to Medical injustice for our children and parents.

”Making memories” is no longer a good enough diagnosis regarding a Brain Tumour. The blanket approach of non targeted treatment needs to stop. Genome 🧬 sequencing MUST occur to access the most effective treatment for that tumour type and it’s mutations. This should be a standard level of diagnostic tool to be used for ALL Australians and First Nations people. 

🗣We need change now! Not in the future…..