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Brought back to life... twice: Colleen's story
Richard Elliott thought he’d lost the love of his life when his partner Colleen Pickering’s heart stopped not once, but twice, in the middle of the night – in the middle of the outback.
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When every second counts...
08 May 2019For a baby born at just 24 weeks, there’s a 40 per cent chance that the baby will not survive.
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RFDS honours former CEO
29 Apr 2019The purpose-built aeromedical jet, the RFDS Medi-Jet 24, has been dedicated to John Lynch, former CEO, RFDS Central Operations
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Saving lives at remote surf beach
04 Apr 2019When most people think 'remote', images of red-dirt, blue-sky readily come to mind, but not by the Flying Doctor who extended its 'mantle of safety' to the white sand-blue waters of one of the country's most sought-after surf beaches.
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Flying Doctor launches new aircraft and Major Sponsor
03 Apr 2019The Royal Flying Doctor Service Central Operations (serving SA/NT) today unveiled a brand new ‘flying intensive care unit’ which will join the fleet, and announced a new major sponsor in South Australian-based oil and gas producer Beach Energy Limited.
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“I thought I had a blood nose… I needed emergency brain surgery!”
20 Feb 2019Brooke suffered multiple fractures to her skull, requiring emergency brain surgery over 2,000 kilometres away in Adelaide.
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Roadstrip Retrieval
05 Feb 2019The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) is undertaking the aeromedical retrieval of a man following a motorcycle accident on the Eyre Highway
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