Admin Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 RAAF Hercules transports 240kg patient Queensland Health says it was forced to charter an RAAF Hercules to take a 240 kilogram patient from Mt Isa to Townsville on the weekend. However the Rural Doctors Association says other - less expensive - options should have been considered. Association state president John Hall says he hopes Queensland Health does not make a habit of using expensive aircraft to transport patients. "They do have access to some LandCruiser-type ambulances that do four-wheel drive retrieval work, which may have been able to take that pay load," he said. "Again, it would be a concern if this was a trend where by we were outsourcing to Defence on a regular basis." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shafs64 Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 so you are saying that if i put on 150kg i will get a free ride in a c130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesage Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 The RAAF will probably give you a job. Unlike their superfit , lean, mean naval counterparts... (Go the Senior Service!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Bloody pus'ers can't keep them from flogging the "senior citizen service" bit Air Force - civvies in uniform - way to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesage Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Yaaaarrrr..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenn Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 The report i saw stated that the patient was fit enough to travel by road, but they didn't have a suitable ambulance. I would have thought that a cattle truck would have done the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relfy Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Throw her in a J160, naked with 5 litres of fuel. No worries! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenn Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Relfy. You omitted the box of matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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