No doctors for new arrivals

Wow those poor people coming to the Coast.

God help them when they become sick.

I've been living on the Coast for two years now.

I rang a doctor's surgery in Umina on Saturday and asked if I could see a doctor, only to be told by the person on the phone: "Sorry, we are booked out. Come back in five days."

I was told to go to Gosford hospital, where I sat for six hours.

The person there had no heart.

Many people were coming in and being told to wait.

I even watched a child who was spewing repeatedly and was told to wait.

Please can it be rewritten that we are happy for you to come to the Coast, but please do so at your own risk.

I've rung many doctors on the Coast and there is no same day service like there is in Sydney.

Put the money into our local doctors. Don't hand it out like lollies.

The Coast needs doctors. It's drowning.

Online submission, 30 Jul 2011 Jamie Burke, Umina