Uralla Medical Centre to close, but situation not as dire as last year
Uralla Medical Centre will lock its doors at close of business on Friday 7th June, not to be reopened until another GP can be found.
Uralla Medical Centre will lock its doors at close of business on Friday 7th June, not to be reopened until another GP can be found.
Uralla general practitioner Dr Ricardo Alkhouri, the doctor who threatened to close the clinic recently, has called for Uralla Shire Council to take over his clinic in a rambling Facebook Live that lasted almost four hours.
The decision by Services Australia to withhold funding which threatened to close the Uralla Medical Centre has been overturned after the intervention of federal Health Minister Mark Butler.
Uralla Mayor Rob Bell and patients have added their voice to the call from local MPs Adam Marshall and Barnaby Joyce for the federal government to intervene and keep the Uralla Medical Centre open.
The small village of Uralla has been reeling from news that the town's only full time doctor is going to close its doors in a matter of days due to what has been described as 'bureaucracy gone mad'.
Adam Marshall and Barnaby Joyce have called for urgent intervention to save the popular Uralla Medical Centre from closing.