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About Rural Doctors Foundation
There is something special about living in rural and remote communities. The wide-open spaces and red dirt. Or acres of lush green forest. Millions of stars dotting the sky at night will take your breath away. But it’s more than just the landscape. The people are pretty special too. And our purpose is to look after them and keep them healthy
“Rural medicine is a special opportunity to work in an advanced scope of practice and provide whole-of-life care across a whole community and multiple generations.”
Dr Michael Rice – Director
Latest news
New prize draw now open
Rural Doctors Foundation has partnered with Play for Purpose, Australia’s community raffle.
You could win a $250k first prize pack or one of the 395 secondary prizes. Buy a $10 ticket and a minimum of $5 goes to Rural Doctors Foundation to help improve health outcomes for our rural and remote communities.
Another celebration with a grant from Community Benefit Fund
We are excited to announce we have been successful in the latest round of the Gambling Community Benefit Fund. We are very grateful for this funding which will provide much needed medical equipment and support to our rural communities.
Celebrating gold!
Our Relationship Manager, Olga Korobko is a proud auntie as her nephew Misha Payne coached two swimmers to gold in the Paris Paralympics. Tim Hodge won three medals.
- Gold and a Paralympic record in the Men’s 200m individual medley (SM9)
- Gold in the mixed 4x100m medley relay (34-points)
- Silver in the Men’s 100m butterfly (S9)
GPs4RuralDocs is heading to St George, Goondiwindi and Stanthorpe
Dr John Buckley is itching to get on the road to provide GP services to our rural health workers and keep them in their communities.
And more gold and a bit of silver too!
Another proud moment for Olga as she shared in some emotional moments at the pool.
Olga’s nephew, Misha Payne also coached Chloe Osborne to gold and silver. This was Chloe’s first Paralympics. And she blitzed it!
- Gold in the mixed 4x100m medley relay
- Silver in the mixed 4x100m freestyle relay
Dr John Douyere is getting ready for our next GPs4RuralDocs clinic
GP appointments for rural health practitioners are available with John’s upcoming visit to Quilpie on 2 October, Charleville on 3 October and Cunnamulla on 4 October.
We understand rural and remote communities because we’re a part of them.
The communities we serve are not all the same. Each has varied health needs, and the people and their doctors know what those needs are. We exist to work with rural and remote communities and support them to stay safe and healthy.
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