Apparently, the State Government has a secret plan to recruit up to 2500 doctors from overseas. What I do not understand is why it is a secret plan. Does the government plan to present 2500 recruits as a fait accompli? That, is rather difficult considering they can’t even fixed our water supply problem.

Are we lacking in GPs? I suppose we are but I wouldn’t know. The turnover rate at my local medical centre is so high I never get to see the same doctor twice. Either they (the doctors) are being paid peanuts or the stress of seeing too many patients are driving them away.

I don’t know if recruiting more doctors will solve the problem either. I think better training for the local doctor population would serve the community better. But then, there are so many things wrong with our State health system …