Flinders Medical Centre in Cloncurry has made health care more accessible to flood affected graziers by flying to isolated stations in the North West.
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Following the mass flood event that saw the loss of over 300,000 head of cattle, some graziers remain isolated with little to no access to services including health care.
On Friday February 22, Flinders Medical Centre doctor Emma Gillmore flew to four isolated stations north of Cloncurry and Julia Creek to provide health care to graziers and their families.
"The idea came about when I had a phone call from one of the stations saying they had a few workers that required tetanus vaccinations, as they were not up to date," Dr Gillmore said.
"They didn't have the time to travel into town as they were still trying to get cattle cared for or buried, so a grazier asked if anyone could fly out."
Dr Gillmore received a more similar calls and decided something had to be done.
After a few calls, Rural Doctors Association of Queensland had sponsored the avgas and Dr Gillmore's husband had taken the day off work to fly her to remote cattle stations.
"We mostly provided antibiotics and immunisations to more than 30 graziers, their workers and families. We also just had a general chat to everyone to see how they are coping," she said.
"We just wanted to let people know that we do care and understand this is a tough time. People are struggling and if we can adapt our practices to help in anyway by easing their access to health care we will try and do that.
"If other isolated properties are in need of health care, they can contact Flinders Medical Centre and we are happy to organise another flight to provide services to landholders."
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