Hospital is under-resourced

Recently my wife had to undergo surgery at Gosford Hospital.

Although the staff at Gosford Hospital are excellent and committed, the hospital itself is atrociously under-resourced.

Due to a lack of rooms, my wife was forced to sit in a waiting room in a surgical gown for two hours with a dozen other patients, while awaiting to go into general anaesthetic.

She had to keep her handbag with her, as there was nowhere to put it.

We are in a private heath fund at top cover, but this was the best that was available.

We have been on the Coast full time for two years, previously living in Sydney.

It is interesting that when my wife underwent similar surgery at Prince of Wales, the level of resources was completely different.

A room until surgery was not a problem.

The fact that medical care on the Coast is at such an appalling level compared with Sydney, is something that the Local Members should be ashamed of.

How can the State Government possibly be suggesting a doubling of the population, when we cannot cope with the existing population.

Whether you live in Narara or Woollahra, the level of available health care should be comparable.

Sadly, that is not the case.

Surely it's about time the Coast started saying to our politicians, this is simply not good enough.

Fix it, or we will show you the door.

Name withheld, Wagstaffe