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Medical Facilities

Take off!Medical Facilities

Since 1986, the RFDS has been under contract to Santos Ltd to provide health services to their employees in the Oil and Gas Fields at Moomba, South Australia. In 2004, we extended our services to Ballera on the Queensland border. We now offer emergency and primary healthcare to almost 1,200 Santos employees as well as to residents in the surrounding areas.

Our mission

  • to operate a 24 hour medical and emergency facility at both locations
  • to conduct regular GP clinics
  • to provide medical services to Santos employees as well as to residents living on surrounding homesteads and stations

Fast facts                                       

  • six RFDS Flight Nurses and Clinical Nurse specialists cover the Cooper and Eromanga basins (an area bigger than Tasmania)

2006-2007 Mission accomplished!

  • 6,873 patients attended
  • 802 clinics conducted

RFDS Directory

For more information please select a location below

  • WA
    Western Operations
  • NT
    Central Operations

    (includes SA and NT)

  • SA
    Central Operations

    (includes SA and NT)

  • QLD
    Queensland Section
  • NSW
    South Eastern Section

    (includes NSW, ACT, VIC and TAS)

  • National Office
    National Office

    No further information exists.

  • VIC
    Victorian Section

    No further information exists.

  • TAS
    Tasmanian Section

  RFDS National Office

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