ISLAND MEDICAL SERVICE UNDER A CLOUD

There is growing   concern about  the  operation of Magnetic Island's Latitude  19 private  medical centre after   all  appointments  for  a   fortnight  have  been cancelled, said to   be due to the busy doctor taking two weeks' emergency leave .Furthermore, there is speculation that the practice may not resume after   the break.  Then school  holidays  will be in play and  there are indications that there have been many bookings of  island accommodation,so there will be large numbers of people on the island ,some maybe  requiring  medical  attention. Apart  from that , many residents use  Latitude  19 .  This  blog pointed out  some time ago that the medico position was under  threat and the situation was not properly followed up by the mainland media.