In short: Patients are travelling to larger towns to seek healthcare because of shortages in medical and nursing staff. With only a locum doctor based at the Millicent hospital and that person not available all the time, Dr Bushell said Millicent residents like Ms Bowman and her daughter were often heading to Mount Gambier, about 50 kilometres away. "That makes …
The residents of Nelson, a small, close-knit fishing town in a remote corner of south-west Victoria, have crossed the South Australian border just 5 kilometres away for decades without giving their travel a second thought. Nelson residents John Davis and his partner Trish had to find new GPs during South Australia's harshest border restrictions. "Half the town if you went …