Merged: Pel Air vs RFDS for the Air Ambulance contract in Australia

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Not that hard to find out........check their web site. flyingdoctor.net.au

Apart from the listed stuff, they also provide

• a national HF radio net, on which anyone across the country can access help or advice.
• a 24/7 GP telephone service - try ringing your own GP for free medical advice at 2AM and see how you get on
• Medical Emergency Chest service, where localities / stations are provided with pharmacology and equipment to use in conjunction with the telephone / HF consultation, for medical emergencies and accidents

Where Your Money Goes

The RFDS is a not for profit, charitable organisation that relies on funding from private donations, philanthropic grants, private trusts, events and community fundraising to provide more than $20 million a year to ensure our life-saving services are maintained.

Your donation will be used in several ways to help the thousands of people who live, work and travel in remote, rural and regional Australia.

Your donation funds essential health services:

• Preventative Health Programs for people living on remote stations
• Healthy eating and increased exercise programs in remote communities
• Cultural activities which benefit health
• Better access to specialist health professionals for extremely remote locations
• Improved access to health information and resources for patients and health professionals
• The delivery of culturally appropriate health services

We need a wide range of the latest medical equipment to continue providing the best aeromedical service in the world.
Your donation purchases vital but expensive equipment including:

• Foetal heart monitors
• Ventilators
• Defibrillators to re-start a failed heart

Your donation buys aircraft to keep us flying.

Our aircraft are among the safest in the world and fly more than 7 million kilometres in their lifetime! But after 20 years of hard work, they need to be replaced. Our fleet include aircraft used in air ambulance services.

* All donations made to the Australian Council of the RFDS are equally distributed between the RFDS operational sections around Australia. No donated funds are retained by the Council itself.

I have no problem donating to RFDS (and to the Fred Hollows Foundation and the Salvos either...... maybe they should compete against commercial operators for the services they provide to the Governemnt too....)