This week's photohunt theme is alive.
Since 1928 the dream of uniting medicine, aviation and radio have been used to keep people "alive" in the remote Australian outback.
The Australian Inland Mission Aerial Medical Service began with a single-engine airplane chartered from QANTAS. The service provided a sense of safety for the inhabitants of the remote areas of the continent as 2 doctors brought the only medical care to the area of almost 2 million square kilometers.
The name of the operation was changed to the Flying Doctor Service in 1943, and within ten years, with the Queen's approval, Royal was added to to the title.
Today the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), operates with 53 fully instrumented aircraft from 21 bases across Australia. Each year the RFDS pilots fly the equivalent of 25 round trips to the moon, allowing doctors and nurses to care for nearly 270,00 patients. The dedication of this internationally recognized Australian Institution ensures that people across the continent are guaranteed quality health care.
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this is a great take. hope you are having a good spring. where i am we are starting to see colors in our leaves.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great service and a very interesting post for the theme. Happy weekend.
ReplyDeleteHi Maya, great take on this week's theme. Very cool photo. And I just love the organization's name.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing. Have a wonderful weekend.
A great take on the theme. BTW, are you familiar with the Flying Doctors TV drama series? Really enjoyed watching it (when I was in Tanzania, believe it or not!)! :D
ReplyDeletea great informative post! i read about doctors in the Australian outback but couldn't imagine how remote those places are.
ReplyDeletevery interesting. love your take on the theme.
ReplyDeleteThat was perfect for the theme....wow and what a wonderful thing for those doctors to do...
ReplyDeleteFor some time the Flying Doctors TV drama series was on TV in Holland, and every time I went visiting my mother there from wherever I was living at the time in my globetrotting life, we would watch this together. She was riveted, and I was also ;)
ReplyDeleteIt's an excellent service, and kudus to the Australians for taking care of their people's health, no matter what the cost.
Hi everyone, thanks for stopping in and all of your comments. A couple of you mentioned the Flying Doctors TV drama series, I read about it when researching the RFDS and hopefully I can find it on video.
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