Victorian Waiting Game

Recently we have heard a lot of news especially about how things around us have slowed down considerably. Economies are slowing down fast, housing sales have slowed down, peak hour traffic average speed has slowed down, etc. Also, in the news not too long ago were about Victorian doctors, especially younger ones are working longer hours than their counterparts interstate. It also mention the shortage of doctors in Victoria, the ratio of doctors to patients are not at a good level.
Today I was accompanying my wife to go for a check up in one of the medical centres in Brandon Park. The appointment was at 8pm, sure enough she finished work late today and only reach Mont Albert around 7.50pm. By the time we reach there, it was 8.15pm. So she has to go in a queue before she can see the doctor. The queue was quite long, all the seats in the waiting area are full with patients waiting. Some fall asleep!

The amazing thing is, the wait time is nearly 1 hour and the consultation is only for 10 minutes max for most patients. Now, if this is not considered a bad situation, I don't know what is! Is Victoria really in short of GPs? After hours medical centres? I know most people wouldn't die of sickness but most likely died waiting. :P

Even if she was on time, I think she would have needed to wait 45 minutes minimum as those people are already ahead of her when she arrived unless the GP was planning for a minute for each patient?

We are so used of waiting, waiting & waiting. Everything has become slower than before when with modern technologies today, things should have been faster!

The state Government just unveiled the $38billion plan to counter the transportation woes. From the looks of it, it seems pretty good. It's better than nothing. Sure enough we have lots of criticisms from parties here & there because their "personal" needs are not taken care of but we have to be grateful that the Government is at least trying their best. Not to mention the limited funding right now after the economic downturn. Maybe that's what we called "ungrateful"?

Few days ago, the State Government also announced that they'll open more areas particularly in the West to cater the unexpected growth. Good news for investors out west!

Is Melbourne really ready for the growth? Is Melbourne really ready for the challenge of the 21st century? Will Melbourne continue to be one of the most livable city in the world?

At least Melbourne is trying, not just hoping for miracles out of the skies.