Bombala's only GP clinic set to close this month if new doctors can't be found

The Bombala Medical Centre may close at the end of the month, leaving residents — and those in the neighbouring town of Delegate — without a local GP. Key points: The Bombala Medical Centre will close in two weeks due to staff shortages The owner has put a call out for more doctors in a bid to stay open Residents will be forced to travel to Cooma or Bega for GP appointments instead GP Hamish Steiner, from The Bombala Street Surgery in Cooma, bought the practice last year. The closure of the Bombala Medical Centre would force residents to travel nearly two hours to the next nearest GP in either Cooma or Bega for an appointment. 'A domino effect' With 31 per cent of Bombala's population aged 60 or over, the impending closure has caused concern among residents about the extra distance patients would have to travel to Cooma or Bega.