A 10-year-old Perth boy has endured a 12-hour marathon operation to have a brain tumour removed a week after it was delayed due to surgeon shortages.
Garden Gurus television presenter Trevor Cochrane went public with his appeal to push forward his son Harry's operation to remove the fast-growing, 2cm tumour after surgeons postponed his May 30 operation date by a month.
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Harry Cochrane gets surgery
Ten-year-old Harry Cochrane has undergone brain surgery after his father took to the media to plead for the lifesaving procedure.
Health Minister Roger Cook was forced to step in and concede it was not acceptable for the surgery to be delayed.
9 News Perth reported the operation on Monday was successful, with Harry recovering in intensive care at Princess Margaret Hospital in an induced coma on Tuesday.
Mr Cochrane has reportedly expressed his gratitude that the surgery went ahead as soon as possible.
Australian Medical Association WA president Andrew Miller last week said the situation faced by Harry was unacceptable and amounted to a "lottery in the media for children's neurosurgery operations".
"We don't have the bed capacity, we don't have the surgical capacity, we don't have the nursing capacity to run a first-world health system currently at Princess Margaret Hospital," he said.
"We cannot have a lottery in the media for children's neurosurgery operations. Clearly the capacity at the hospital is wrong.
"Until there is an injection of resources, so we can get up to the same number of beds for the population that they have in other states, then we will continue to see people who urgently need treatment missing out and that is not acceptable."
Harry was diagnosed with a brain tumour in the pineal region of the brain about seven weeks ago after experiencing vomiting, headaches and double vision.
His father says the 10-year-old now faces a long road to recovery.
"He's an unbelievably brave little boy," he said.