Several doctors held a protest meeting near Forest Road on Tuesday afternoon.

They said the road would not handle the traffic from sports crowds on top of existing congestion already caused for the hospital, the Bloomfield Medical Centre precinct and Cadia mine workers.

Anaesthetist Dr Ming Chan said doctors rushing to on-call emergencies at the hospital would get caught in traffic.

"We don't have sirens. Nobody is going to let us through," she said.

"This is a ridiculous spot to put a 10,000-person stadium when the access is rubbish.

"It is completely ridiculous. It is so short-sighted. People will potentially die."

Another anaesthetist Dr Sarah Ferguson said Forest Road had been upgraded but was one lane in places.

She said it could not be further widened because of hospital infrastructure including oxygen supplies, fire hydrants and an electricity substation near the road.

"We [on-call staff] have to come to the hospital on short-notice to save lives," she said.

"Already we are seeing congestion of Forest Road because of the private hospital across the road which is still not opened, the motel, a proposed child care centre and the biggest employers in Orange, the mine, the DPI and the hospital," she said.

"When there are major events on at the stadium that is going to be out of hours, when we are all at home and being called in.

"Ambulances have got a siren, and yes people will move out of the way, but none of us have anything that allows us priority through traffic jams.

"Peoples lives are potentially at risk, it's not just cardiac, it's emergency operating theatres, it's the emergency department and labour ward."

"We need good access to the hospital. We are expected to get here in less than 20 minutes," Dr Ferguson said.

"Travel times have [already] slowed down."

She said there was traffic congestion at the Forest Road and Southern Feeder Road traffic lights.

"I'm pro-sport, I'm pro-development, I'm pro-jobs in Orange, but I don't think this is the right location for a stadium," she said.

Dr Ferguson said Glenroi Oval and the former harness racing track could be a 'welcome to Orange sports precinct.'

She said she and other hospital staff had sent submissions to Orange City Council to oppose the planned site.

Dr Ferguson said increased car parking space would not solve the problem as access would still be congested.

Council is awaiting a decision from the NSW Heritage Council on its plans to cut down 500 trees at the site.

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