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Royal Flying Doctor Service puts its hand up to help get COVID-19 vaccines to the bush
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) says it has offered the federal and New South Wales governments its services to help with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
Key points:
- The Royal Flying Doctor Service has offered to help distribute vaccines to the bush
- The RFDS has been flying since 1928 and historically has assisted with other vaccine rollout, including polio
- Last year the RFDS in NSW delivered medical care over 53,000 times
The service has been taking medical services to the most remote parts of the country since 1928.
RFDS chief medical officer Randall Greenberg said the South Eastern Section has offered to both fly out teams and help administer vaccines.
“Our practice in Broken Hill has put in an application to be a provider so will…
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