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Originally Posted by Escape Artist
Poor medical care and/or lack of good doctors is the biggest downside of The Villages for me. It’s something I noticed almost immediately after moving here. I had to wait over two months to see a primary care physician then a couple of weeks before my appointment I was informed she had left. Back to square one!
I’ve seen a lot of praise for The Villages, and the Morse family and their genius in planning such a place and the continued expansion but one thing they lacked foresight on was that a predominantly senior population needs a lot of medical care, hospitals, clinics, doctors, nurses, medical technicians, etc. A doctor told me that central Florida just isn’t a place that attracts the best and brightest and those doctors with families don’t relish living amidst a senior community of 125,000 and growing. No, they did not think this aspect through, nor the fact that most seniors are living longer now, many well into their 90’s, and there would not be the “turnover” they anticipated when they made their best laid plans.
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We have been here for almost twenty years.
It has gotten worse in the last several years.
The Villages advertised a new hospital, but now there is no hospital.
Our doctors have all left and was just told that that four radiologists have left the area.
It isn't getting any better and I'm sure it will get worse.