However, I truly hope that both the surgeries and community will also give much-needed support to the victim involved. One can only imagine the long term damage she is suffering as a result of this abuse. She appears to be a very vulnerable person.

Carol Ladd

Akolele

My family and I have been patients of the doctors and allied health staff at the Lighthouse Surgery for more than 30 years. With busy lives and four very active children, it was vital to have such care in our town.

The amount of expertise and care offered by the Lighthouse Surgery became even more important when after a series of tests I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2001. The expertise, knowledge and empathy provided helped me come to terms with living with an incurable neurological condition, MS.

Prior to Dr Wray’s retirement I was able to change to Dr Gundi, who continues to provide wonderful support. I know I will benefit from my support team, which includes my family, friends, allied health professionals, neurologists, Dr Gundi and all the staff at the Lighthouse Surgery.

Bruce Frost

North Narooma

I was puzzled by Dr Munro’s letter in the Narooma News (Difficult time for surgery 31/5/17) because she makes no mention of the victim.

After her introduction, Dr Munro chooses instead to write about Dr Schmaman and his family thus making their suffering the central issue.

In then seeking to promote the reputation of her late practice, it seems regrettable that Dr Munro ignores any professional, legal and moral issues involved and conveniently “airbrushes” the victim out of her narrative.

It is obviously a difficult time for all concerned but surely none can be more traumatic than the experiences of the victim, a patient of the practice, entitled to trust and duty of care.

I agree with Dr Munro in imploring the community to support Dr Gundi.

John Oakley

London (formerly of Mystery Bay)

This week I checked the NBN website for the “planned availability” of NBN Fixed Wireless to enable the Wonga Rd. tower.

The date has changed from December 2017 to March 2018.

For anyone regularly checking this site you would have noticed that every two months or so the planned availability is moved forward three months. 

ADSL locally has dropped to a speed of generally less than one mb/s.  At holiday time it is virtually unusable, except at five in the morning. 

This lifeline to a decent, cost-effective internet speed appears to be illusory.

Those with a really long memory won’t forget the excited promises, in 2014, at the Narooma Golf club of fixed wireless availability by June 2015. 

Bermagui and all the way to the Bermagui Rd/Highway turnoff has fixed wireless, why have we been abandoned?

I’m taking bets that in another two months the date will extend to June 2018  – three years since we were promised it.

We continue to be led on by empty promises from NBN!!

Philip Creagh

Narooma