Royal Flying Doctor Service Charleville Visitors Centre
Cunnamulla Road, Charleville Qld 4470
Phone (07) 4654 1233 Fax (07) 4654 1629
Past and present displays of the flying doctor, merchandise at Outback Shop
Email: rfds_cvl@rfdsqld.com.au
Website: www.flyingdoctor.org.au
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RFDS - one of the world's most amazing organisations
The Royal Flying Doctor Service is one of the most amazing organisations in the world.
The RFDS (Qld Section) flew 6,514,710kms last year; the Charleville base alone services about 622,000 square kilometres of southwest Queensland - extending from the New South Wales border to the Northern Territory and South Australian borders in the west and east to the Carnarvon Ranges.
Emergency response aircraft are fully equipped to provide airborne intensive care and RFDS doctors, nurses and pilots are on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to be quickly on hand when people urgently need a doctor.
To thousands of people living in rural and remote Queensland the flying doctor is their family doctor. The Charleville base holds regular clinics at Birdsville, Windorah, Jundah, Stonehenge, Yaraka, Eromanga, Yowah, Thargomindah and Eulo. A number of health services are provided at these clinics including routine medical treatment, child and adolescent health care, women’s health care and mental health care.
The RFDS conducted thousands of patient consultations across the State last year with 37,076 patients attended to through clinics. Another 35,806 consultations were conducted by RFDS doctors over the telephone or radio giving immediate advice to people living in remote areas. The RFDS provides and maintains medical chests which contain more than 90 medical items which are used in conjunction with instructions given by the RFDS doctor over the phone or radio.
Robert Eckel Repairs
88 Edward Street, Charleville Qld 4470
Phone (07) 4654 1358
Service and repairs on all makes and models - 4X4 specialists, EFI, windscreens, LPG service
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The RFDS has seven bases that create an aeromedical network throughout the State. The bases are at Charleville, Mount Isa, Cairns, Townsville, Rockhampton, Bundaberg and Brisbane. A non-aeromedical base at Longreach specialises in mental health.
The Queensland section employs 350 staff including doctors, nurses, pilots, allied health, aviation support personnel and administration staff.
To learn more, visit the RFDS Charleville base Visitors’ Centre, which displays the past and present activities of the RFDS. Souvenirs are available from the Outback Shop, which is open from 8.30am to 4.30pm weekdays.
