A Sydney hospital bureaucrat who allegedly told a cancer patient caught up in the widening chemotherapy under-dosing scandal not to "run to the media" is being investigated.
Myeloma patient 'Tanya' called radio station 2GB on Tuesday claiming she may have not been given the proper treatment by Dr Kiran Phadke, who worked at Sutherland and St George hospitals and was suspended over the scandal in June.
In a second call to the station, Tanya then claimed the director of clinical services at St George Hospital had called her and told her that the hospital didn't "want people running to the media".
"He said that he'd heard I was upset on the radio and that he didn't understand why I was upset," she said, while fighting back tears.
"I'm so worried about my future treatment I (will) get if this gets bad."
The department in charge of both hospitals, the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD), has confirmed the patient was contacted but said investigations were continuing into the content of the conversation.
"The district definitely does not have the view that people should be asked to not talk to the media," a SESLHD spokeswoman told AAP.
The hospital is also making further contact with affected patients or families to reassure them or provide further advice, she said.
NSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner on Tuesday revealed that an investigation which began in April had identified three patients treated by Dr Phadke had been under-dosed during chemotherapy treatment. Two have since died.
The treatment of another 14 of his patients is under external clinical review.
"While there is less concern about these patients' treatment by Dr Phadke, it is vital their cases are investigated thoroughly," SESLHD chief executive Garry Marr said in a statement on Wednesday.
"I sincerely apologise for any distress caused to patients and their families," he said.
Ms Skinner meanwhile has hit back at "unscrupulous accusations" that there has been a cover-up of the recent chemotherapy dosage scandals.
The minister tabled several documents to parliament on Wednesday which she says show she was not made aware of the allegations surrounding St Vincent's until they were exposed in the media in February this year.
