A blurring between human and pet animal cancer treatment occurrred at Melbourne hospital. According to Evonne Barry of Herald Sun, "The use of expensive equipment to treat dozens of pets in the William Buckland Radiotherapy Centre, provoked an outcry.

"We had absolutely no knowledge of that. It's certainly not something we condone," Rowena Amin, of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists said.

"Any reasonable person would have problems with that. That equipment is dedicated to the treatment of human patients."

According to abc.net.au, "The vet involved in the treatment of animals at Melbourne's Alfred Hospital says no humans were put at risk by the service.

"Since 2001, Dr Stephen Emms has taken more than 20 cats and dogs for cancer treatment at the hospital's specialised radiotherapy centre.

"Victorian Health Minister Daniel Andrews today moved to stop the treatment.

"But Dr Emms, a specialist small animal surgeon, says hospital staff were paid to stay back, and pet owners were happy to pay them.

"We actually were using a different tabletop for the treatments," he said.

"The staff were very careful with cleanliness and cleaning up after the patients, to make sure there really was no risk to any human patient.

"The head of the RSPCA says Mr Andrews was right to stop the practice.

"Dr Hugh Wirth says he can understand why some people are upset by the news.

"There's two reasons to object," he said.

"One is the whole business of mixing animals and humans in a human facility, the second issue of course is doing it secretly."

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