Why We Need Your Help
As a not for profit charitable organisation, the Royal Flying Doctor Service relies on the generosity of companies, the community and individuals to help us provide emergency and primary medical care to rural and remote Australia.
Because we provide our medical services free of charge, we must rely on the generosity of the community to continue our life-saving work.
Although the RFDS receives some government funding, donations from the community help us for example:
- buy vital medical equipment
- purchase and outfit aircraft (at a cost of more than $8 million each)
- bring ‘Fly Around Clinics’ to the most isolated parts of the country
- develop primary health initiatives
Each and every dollar, goods or services donated to the RFDS, helps to keep us in our vital service. And as long as we’re operating we can provide life-saving assistance to those who need it the most.
Where your money goes
Your donation will be directly used to help the thousands of people who live, work and travel in rural and remote Australia. Examples of where your money goes:-
Your donation buys medical equipment to save lives…
We need a wide range of the latest medical equipment to continue providing the best aeromedical service in the world. Your donation can help us purchase vital but expensive equipment including:
- Foetal heart monitors
- Ventilators
- Defibrillators to re-kick 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 about 20 years of hard work, they need to be replaced.
When you provide a national service that treats around 630 patients a day, you can’t afford to lose one plane from the fleet and not replace it.
That is why we need your help!