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#89 Tired, toilet, thirsty, thinner - Emma's young son ticked all the boxes for Type 1 diabetes.
When Emma Turner first discovered her seven-year-old son, Fred, had Type 1 diabetes, they were living in the middle of nowhere. But after Fred's symptoms suddenly became life-threatening, Emma found herself sitting next to the pilot in the cockpit of an RFDS plane, with her gravely ill son on board
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NAIDOC Week 2022
07 Jul 2022Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! is the theme this NAIDOC Week (3-10 July) and Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) Recognised Mental Health Counsellor Joseph Oui is encouraging everyone to do just that.
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AWN continues to raise funds for RFDS Victoria after 19 years
04 Jul 2022At their annual auction, AWN raised a total of $6,912.50 for RFDS Victoria through their wool auction in Melbourne.
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Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! NAIDOC 2022
02 Jul 2022The Royal Flying Doctor Service is celebrating NAIDOC week and this years theme Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!
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Touchdown on paramedic career
01 Jul 2022RFDS Tasmania farewells a truly amazing aeromedical team member with Ambulance Tasmania intensive care flight paramedic Nick Chapman finishing up after 38 years in the job, the last 10 in aeromedical at the Launceston base.
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WA Flying Doctor welcomes Northern Star Resources Limited as newest major partner
01 Jul 2022The WA Flying Doctor is pleased to announce Northern Star Resources Limited have jumped on board as our newest major partner to establish a new facility supporting health in the Goldfields.
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RFDS Victoria wins Fundraising Team of the Year at FIA Awards
30 Jun 2022This accolade has been a few years in the making, with our Marketing and Fundraising team showing continued effort to drive impact through creativity and innovation.
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Meekatharra Flight Nurse retires after 18 years of service with the RFDS
27 Jun 2022After 18 years with the Royal Flying Doctor Service out of our Meekatharra base, we bid Flight Nurse Anna Van Der Werf a fond farewell and happy retirement.
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Roma Saleyards to raise funds for the Flying Doctor
24 Jun 2022The Maranoa Council is set to donate 50 per cent of the live weight and open auction selling fees received for each head of cattle sold at the upcoming Roma Saleyards Store Sale.
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How did they find and save Peter when he suffered a crippling stroke?
23 Jun 2022On arriving on his remote island property, Peter Woolford became acutely unwell and collapsed with a stroke, paralysed on the kitchen floor and unable to reach the landline to call for help.
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Near, far, wherever you are, the RFDS has your back
21 Jun 2022No matter where you are in WA, people are always within reach of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, thanks to our Medical Chest Program.
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Season two of RFDS is coming to Channel 7 and 7plus in 2023.
20 Jun 2022The Seven Network and Endemol Shine Australia have officially announced the commissioning of the second season for the #1 new Australian drama of 2021, RFDS.
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Rescue operation at Horizontal Falls an extraordinary day for the RFDS
17 Jun 2022On Friday 27 May 2022, RFDS WA teams were called to one of the most difficult medical emergencies in the last decade, leading a rescue operation to extract nearly 20 patients after a boating incident at Horizontal Falls in the remote Kimberley.
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Urgent RFDS jet retrieval for WA baby Charlie
17 Jun 2022Arriving five weeks early at Broome Hospital, Charlie was born with a rare medical condition that affects only one in 800,000 babies.
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Flying high in dream job
16 Jun 2022Meet Jamie Hall. He's a senior pilot with the WA Flying Doctor who loves flying and helping people.
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WA Flying Doctor and Abra Mining establish new partnership
15 Jun 2022Abra Mining has established a new partnership with the WA Flying Doctor, donating $50,000 in support of the service's mantle of safety to people who live, work and travel in regional and remote WA.
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