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Graphic: Ella with her baby on the RFDS Flight
#88 Ella was 35 weeks pregnant & driving an outback truck when her waters broke!
Ella and Dave, transport company owners, embarked on a final trip from Perth to Kimberley before their baby's arrival. Unexpectedly, at 35 weeks pregnant, Ella's waters broke in the remote outback, far from medical help. They faced an urgent journey to reach the nearest hospital
More detailsDoctors' Day
29 Mar 2023To mark Doctors' Day, we reached out to three of the RFDS team to ask them what their job means to them. Here’s what they said.
Read full storyPlane on the highway, dress, shopping, and passing on words of wisdom
29 Mar 2023Leanne Liddle is an Arrernte woman born and raised in Alice Springs, who tells of growing up in a racist environment, her work as the first Aboriginal policewoman in South Australia, her many touch points with the Flying Doctor and her current work as one of our RFDS Board members in South Australia
Read full storyRFDS Victoria purchases health clinic in Robinvale
28 Mar 2023After extensive consultation, RFDS Victoria has officially acquired the Robinvale District Medical Centre (RDMC).
Read full storyViva Energy keeping the Flying Doctor in the air and on the ground
24 Mar 2023Royal Flying Doctor Service and Viva Energy announced an exciting new fuel supply partnership, bringing together two iconic Australian organisations with a long history of helping people get safely to their destinations.
Read full storyMelbourne Chamber of Commerce tours the Flying Doctor’s hangar
24 Mar 2023The latest Melbourne Chamber of Commerce Best Practice tour saw members go behind the scenes of the Flying Doctor’s aeromedical operations at Essendon Fields.
Read full storyJon Readhead, Jigalong and the Flying Doctor
22 Mar 2023Jon is approaching his 80th birthday and has had a varied career. This podcast talks about Jon’s work at Jigalong, a remote Aboriginal community in Western Australia in the 1970s, and his experiences with The Flying Doctor.
Read full storyHeat and dehydration has stopped Richard's heart 8 times...
19 Mar 2023Opal miner, Richard Hawkins, lives in one of the harshest environments on the planet - Andamooka in remote South Australia. Though he knows well the protocols to prevent deadly dehydration in the extreme desert heat, Richard has learnt some lessons in recent years...
Read full storyFamily holiday plans changed quickly when 7-year-old Mia stumbled by the campfire...
17 Mar 2023Kayla and Mia tell the story of a road trip where things took an unexpected turn when 7-year-old Mia, who had been warming herself by the fire and waiting for mum to cook dinner, stumbled and to prevent herself falling into the fire, she put her hand into a pot that was sitting on top of the coals.
Read full storyClose the Gap Day 2023
16 Mar 2023National Close the Gap Day is a day of action for Indigenous health equality that aims to close the health and life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation.
Read full storyFirst Flying Doctor Community Transport site in Gippsland announced
09 Mar 2023The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RDFS) Victoria is delighted to announce a new partnership with South Gippsland Hospital to expand its Flying Doctor Community Transport service into the community of Foster and surrounds.
Read full storyRFDS Victoria hosts health roundtable in Robinvale
03 Mar 2023The 2023 Robinvale Health Roundtable was an opportunity to discuss Robinvale's health care needs, and how we can collaborate and create better health outcomes for the community.
Read full storyNew major national partnership with Isuzu UTE Australia
01 Mar 2023The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) has established a multi-year national partnership with Isuzu UTE Australia (Isuzu UTE).
Read full storySarah had a double-lung transplant, while her husband and daughter waited anxiously...
23 Feb 2023When Kaysee was a young teen, her mother was diagnosed with a severe genetic lung condition, that without a lung transplant, would kill her. In Flying Doctor Podcast episode #61 Kaysee tells the story of her amazing, strong and courageous mum.
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