Mr Dawson said no notice was given the visits were to end and he rejected a claim they were not well supported.
"On the occasions I went to use the service, it was always busy."
Attempts were now being made to replace the visits with a district practitioner nurse, supported by a doctor from Oamaru as a mentor.
The Waitaki Valley Medical Trust, which operates the Kurow medical service, said the twice monthly Omarama visits had ended because the medical centre was no longer available, after being sold by the Waitaki District Council, and the visits were not well supported, despite a warning 18 months ago to "use it or lose it".
"It's a total nonsense [to continue the visits] if there is no building and a wasteful use of scarce resources if there is no-one [for the doctor] to see," trust chairman Fred Graham said.
Mr Dawson said the visits changed to once a month and no notice was placed on the medical centre to tell Omarama residents.
Patients either travelled to Kurow or changed to Twizel doctors.
He discussed the issue with Mr Graham and invited him to attend the last community board meeting to find solutions.
The board did not think these were insurmountable.
Mr Graham did not attend.
When Mr Dawson contacted him after the meeting, Mr Graham did not think any further discussion was needed and the trust felt the visits should end.
"That spelt out very clearly that we needed to do something, which is why we are investigating other alternatives [for Omarama]," he said.
Mr Dawson said he discussed alternatives with the Kurow Medical Centre when the decision was made to sell the Omarama medical centre and said a place could be found to accommodate the visits.
Plans to redevelop the Omarama Hall also included provision for a consulting room.
