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Enabling life in rural Queensland

15 Jan 2025

Life on remote cattle stations may be tough, but the RFDS (Queensland Section) is continuing to ensure that access to the finest care is one less worry for families across Queensland.

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Kowanyama

Flying Doctor and Kowanyama community “In this Together”

28 May 2020

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) and the Far North Queensland remote Indigenous community of Kowanyama have truly embraced this year’s Reconciliation Week theme “in this together”.

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Hayley

Hayley's snake bite scare

26 May 2020

​​​​Eight-year-old Hayley was crying and in pain. She screamed, “A snake’s bitten me”. Her mum Catherine tried to keep calm, but she couldn’t help thinking, “What if Hayley dies? What if this is part of our story now that we had a daughter who died at eight years old from a snake bite?"

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RFDS and Rio Tinto partner to improve remote and rural Queensland health services

06 May 2020

In May 2020, the RFDS and Rio Tinto announced a new partnership to improve emergency and remotely delivered health care services across regional Queensland.

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Hand sanitiser ready for takeoff

05 May 2020

In May, the RFDS took delivery of some timely, and extremely precious cargo thanks to Carlton & United Breweries.

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Woolworths online shoppers to help the Flying Doctor fund preterm baby emergency kits

05 May 2020

Vulnerable babies like Daisy are being kept safe in the air with the Flying Doctor thanks to Woolworths online shoppers.

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Wave of support gives uplift to Flying Doctor

23 Apr 2020

An outpouring of support from supporters right across Queensland is keeping the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) in the air during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Generous gift ensures continued healthcare delivery for north West Queensland

22 Apr 2020

The Royal Flying Doctor Service will be even better equipped to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic in north west Queensland after mining and metals company, South32, donated $100,000 to the Flying Doctor in Mount Isa.

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COVID-19 Emergency Fund

03 Apr 2020

Demand for our service is growing. Right now, our aeromedical teams are in desperate need of emergency supplies to support their vital work as we tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.

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