Royal Flying Doctor Service and Rio Tinto partner to improve remote and rural Queensland health services
06 Maggio 2020 - 1:47AM
Business Wire
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) and Rio
Tinto have formed a new partnership to improve emergency and
remotely delivered health care services across regional
Queensland.
Under the partnership, Rio Tinto has pledged $1.25 million to
RFDS Queensland over five years, underlining the company’s
commitment to the health and wellbeing of Queenslanders and to
providing resources to combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This partnership adds to Rio Tinto’s longstanding support of the
Flying Doctor in Western Australia.
The new partnership will
- Improve remote delivery of primary health care and mental
health services across the state through support of RFDS
Queensland’s COVID-19 Emergency Fund.
- Fund construction and maintenance of a new patient transfer
facility in Weipa and maintenance of the existing patient transfer
facility in Gladstone. These transfer facilities improve patient
care and operational response times for critical patients and
upgrade comfort levels for patients, crews and service-delivery
partners.
- Contribute to construction of a world-class Aeromedical
Retrieval Simulation Hub in Bundaberg. The hub will use virtual
reality, augmented reality and high-fidelity immersive training
scenarios to attract and train aeromedical professionals for the
benefit of the whole state.
Rio Tinto Aluminium Pacific Operations managing director Kellie
Parker said “We are proud to extend to Queensland our longstanding
partnership with the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
“Our priority is the safety and wellbeing of our people and
communities, and the Flying Doctor provides a vital service to
remote and rural areas. This partnership will help improve medical
access and services for people in these areas across the state,
including where we operate, at Gladstone and on Cape York
Peninsula.”
Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) chief executive
Meredith Staib said the Service was pleased to welcome Rio Tinto as
a Principal Partner.
“This new million-dollar partnership will allow our service to
deliver even greater levels of care across the state,” Ms Staib
said.
“Improving our infrastructure does require a significant
investment and strategic partnerships such as this will allow us to
do just that.
“We are incredibly grateful to Rio Tinto for their commitment to
help us deliver even better health outcomes for Queenslanders.”
The $1.25 million RFDS Queensland partnership is the first major
investment announced in Queensland as part of a US$25 million
commitment Rio Tinto has made to support communities around the
globe during the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery. The commitment
takes Rio Tinto’s total estimated voluntary global community
contributions to around US$60 million for 2020.
More information on Rio Tinto’s COVID-19 response can be found
here.
About the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
(RFDS):
The RFDS has been saving lives in regional, rural and remote
Australia for more than 91 years. In addition to the 24/7
aeromedical retrieval of the critically ill or injured, the RFDS
delivers a broad range of essential primary and preventative
healthcare services, including telehealth, mental health, oral
health and chronic disease management.
Established in Queensland by the Reverend John Flynn in 1928,
the RFDS has grown to become the world’s largest and most
comprehensive aeromedical organisation, comprising a fleet of 75
aircraft, the operation of 24 aeromedical bases, and six remote
primary health care facilities.
Today, the RFDS delivers more than 370,000 episodes of patient
care across Australia every year – equivalent to assisting someone
every two minutes.
In Queensland, the RFDS treats on average 250 patients each day,
including flying 30 patients per day to specialist care. Since
1995, we have proudly partnered with Queensland Health to transport
more than 230,000 patients through the inter-hospital transfer
service.
As part of the Hinkler Regional Deal Implementation Plan, the
Australian Government has committed $15 million in funding to
support the design and delivery of the Aeromedical Retrieval
Simulation Hub in Bundaberg.
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