Try visiting Kanwal

I urge all readers to attempt to travel from the Peninsula on public transport to the rehab facility (as recommended by clinicians) at Wyong Hospital, which is actually at Kanwal.

There are no transport connections available, so make sure you have plenty of money for a taxi fare.

Alternatively you can ring Area Health and organise a bus pickup so you can visit your loved one at Kanwal.

You get up before dawn, make a couple of cut lunches, pack a change of clothes, arrive at Kanwal too early for visiting hours, get a coffee at the canteen and then get told that the bus is now returning to the Central Coast before visiting hours have started. Whoops. Sorry, you missed out.

You need rehabilitation services and there are none available at Kanwal so you get referred to Hornsby, then to Ryde, Parramatta and so on until you give up>

Of course, that is what the Government wants because it thinks it's saving money.

Well I now realise that there are many other choices besides political parties.

I will be considering the great value of my precious vote.

Letter, 19 Feb 2011 Zoe Russell, Umina