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Life-saving mobile medical clinic on the road
Life-saving specialist heart care is coming to rural and remote Queenslanders under a partnership between Heart of Australia and Arrow Energy, launched today.
Heart of Australia, an Australian-first mobile cardiac and respiratory service, will tomorrow begin a circuit of south-western Queensland, visiting Dalby, Roma, Charleville, St George and Goondiwindi each fortnight.
Project founder Dr Rolf Gomes said the largest, custom-built mobile medical clinic in Australia would extend capital city levels of care to people who might otherwise miss out.
“Heart disease is a leading cause of death in Australia,” Dr Gomes said.
“However, people living in rural or remote areas are up to 44 per cent more likely to die from the condition than their city-dwelling counterparts.
“For some people in these areas it can be a day’s drive or longer to see a specialist.
“Clearly this means many people will put off what could be … Read More »
Australian-first for health of the bush
An Australian-first, mobile cardiac and respiratory specialist program for rural and remote Queensland will be unveiled in Toowoomba this Friday (Oct 3).
Heart of Australia, delivered in partnership with Arrow Energy, is one of the most innovative approaches to rural health service delivery in generations – using a state-of-the-art semi-trailer to transport specialist care.
The Heart of Australia program involves a custom-designed, 25-metre, $1.5 million semi-trailer, outfitted with state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment and telemedicine capabilities. It will tour rural and remote towns in southwest Queensland, with a team of specialists, starting this weekend.
CONTACT: Peter MacDonald, Heart of Australia, 0408 075 020 or petermac@heartofaustralia.com.
Heart of Australia is proudly supported by Medihearts, Bayer Australia, St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, Kenworth, IOR Petroleum, Brown & Hurley, Telstra, GT Insurance and Rex Airlines.
The program has also received funding from the Australian and Queensland governments.