Sarasota keeps growing – but so are wait times for doctors, medical care | Letters

Sarasota’s growth strains health care system

It’s almost impossible to open a newspaper or a community publication and not see an article about a new housing development.

But what repercussions does that have for our already overcrowded Sarasota and, more importantly, how does it affect our already stressed medical facilities?

Nobody answers the phones, appointments are booked months out, every department is suffering from staffing shortages and there is very little research on medical problems…

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