After 47 years as a general practitioner, local Copacabana resident, Dr Randall Harkness is retiring from medicine.

Federal Member for Robertson and local emergency department doctor, Dr Gordon Reid MP, paid a visit to Dr Harkness on his last day at Providence Medical Umina Beach.

Dr Reid presented Dr Harkness with a certificate commending his service to medicine on the Central Coast.

Quotes attributable to Federal Member for Robertson, Dr Gordon Reid MP:

“Dr Harkness is an outstanding medical professional, who has dedicated 47 amazing years to medicine in New South Wales and on the Central Coast.

“Dr Harkness will be missed dearly by the Central Coast community, especially patients on the Peninsula.

“On behalf of the whole Central Coast community, I wish Dr Harkness a very happy retirement and all the very best with this next chapter in his life.

ENDS