Former ABC Adelaide Evening presenter Peter Goers has taken to X to blast the ‘inept public health system’ for cancelling an eye operation.
Goers told the Sunday Mail (subscription required) he “waited patiently for 18 months for cataract surgery only to be told when he arrived for it on Thursday it was cancelled.”
“I’m almost blind in my right eye, it is a complete fog, and after 18 months waiting I went to the appointment as booked and was told it could not be done for another three weeks – I was in despair… I am acutely conscious there are many people in much worse situations than me and it would be far worse for country people who have travelled to Adelaide for such surgery only to be told on the actual day it was cancelled and to come back in several weeks,” he said.
Goers had cleared his schedule for three days for recovery, and was looking forward to finally getting his sight back He will not have to reschedule at a time when he can juggle post-operative recovery with his busy public schedule.
The cancellation was due to the surgeon’s illness. The cancellation was one of 65 elective surgeries postponed on Thursday in South Australian public hospitals.
