AERIAL AMBULANCE.

Otaki Mail, 7 June 1922, Page 3

AERIAL AMBULANCE.

QUEENSLAND PEOPOSAL. One of the many hardships that beset outback settlers in Australia is the inability of those who are sick to procure prompt and effective medical care. Several bush-nursing projects are in operation, and travelling hospitals have done much, but there is still great need of improvement. AVhat should go a long way to solving the problem would be the carrying out of the proposal which the Queensland branch of the Aero Club now has in haud to establish a flying ambulance tor the remote western part of that State. The efforts of those who now work in the interests of the isolated settlers are hampered terribly by the bad roads, or by the fact that in many districts there are no roads at all. It is pointed out that an aerial ambulance flying at. say, 100 miles Vn hour would have no testacies or difficulties of this kind. Moreover, the atmosphere conditions are said to be favorable. The intention is to make Ckarleville. the terminus of the Western Railway, the centre, and from these radiate nortn and south. As most of the stations out west are linked up with the telephone system these could help to keep a line of rapid communication in case of emergency. In addition it is suggested that every landholder in the area should prepare a lauding ground. The cost of the proposal is cstimttxed at £3OOO a year. The Automobile Club t and the Ambulance Transport Brigade J arc co-operating. I i