RFDS delivers vaccines from skies to stations

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With a waiting room of 7.69 million square kilometres, the Royal Flying Doctor Service is well versed in delivering expert health care to the most remote corners of the country.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been no exception.

Throughout 2021, the RFDS has been crucial in the delivery of COVID vaccines to the most remote parts of outback Australia, as well as continuing to deliver their essential non-COVID clinical and emergency services.

Delivering vaccines to the most remote corners of Australia, RFDS crews are taking to the skies to ensure remote Australians have access to COVID vaccines

Image: RFDS

Top End vaccination centre

Working with the Northern Territory Cattlemen's Association, the Royal Flying Doctor Service has been flying into remote stations in the Northern Territory, vaccinating station staff and members of remote communities.

So far, RFDS staff have travelled to a number of NT stations to administer COVID vaccines

Image: RFDS

So far, the RFDS has visited and vaccinated at Avon Downs and Murray Downs in the Barkly Region, Mittiebah, Alexandria, Eva Downs, and Brunchilly Stations, and also stations in the Victoria River District.

Nearby community members at Murray Downs to get their COVID-19 vaccinations.

The RFDS has confirmed crews will return to administer second doses of the vaccine, within the next month.

RFDS crews delivering COVID vaccines in the NT

Shearing shed stopover in NSW

It's not just the NT receiving fly-in vaccine clinics. Down in Northern NSW, a RFDS nursing team from the organisation's south eastern section made a surprise stopover to Bangate Station, nearby Goodooga, recently.

The RFDS nursing crew, who were operating a vaccine clinic in the township of Goodooga, reached out to the station offering remaining available Pfizer vaccines left over from the day's efforts.

What followed was a quick 58km trip to the station to administer COVID vaccines to almost all present shearers, by transforming the shearing shed into a makeshift vaccine clinic.

The RFDS temporarily converted this shed into a vaccination clinic, delivering Pfizer to

shearers near Goodooga

Image: Muddy's Quality Shearing

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