While some of us are enjoying a few days off with friends and family, several of the dedicated HOA team members are on the road this Easter, delivering clinic services to the people who need it, where they need it.
HEART 3 and the team were in Dalby this morning, before hitting the road for Stanthorpe where they shall be delivering clinic services on Saturday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday.
We are especially thrilled to have HEART 3 in our fleet during this time, covering the route usually operated by HEART 2, which is in Brisbane for scheduled maintenance. Having HEART 3 available has ensured our ability to serve communities is not reduced during scheduled maintenance periods - which is a great win for all concerned.
It's been a very busy 48 hours as we finish the first instalment of our northern expansion engagement tour.
We spent time in Ayr, meeting with Mayor Lyn McLaughlin, and Nick O'Connor of the Burdekin Shire Council and Dr Bosko Susic from Family Practice at Ayr.
We travelled to Palm Island to meet with community members. We also met with Cathy O'Toole MP and Bob Katter in Townsville to discuss our expansion plans.
Ayr and Palm Island are two of the nine new towns HOA will expand our services to from mid-2020, raising the total number of communities we service from 16 to 25.
The northern expansion is being made possible thanks to a $12 million funding commitment from the Federal Government, announced in January.
Travelling to speak with the communities over the past few days has been an essential first step in making the northern expansion a reality. There will be more conversations, planning and engagement in the weeks and months ahead.
Sunday morning was spent travelling to Proserpine where Dr Gomes and some of the HOA team met with George Christensen and Cr Ron Petterson to discuss our northern expansion plans.
Proserpine is one of the nine new towns HOA will expand our services to from mid-2020, raising the total number of communities we service from 16 to 25.
In order to service the additional northern towns without compromising the services being offered to existing communities, we need to design and build a new dedicated vehicle for the expanded northern route.
This new truck, HEART 4, like our two full-size and one mini heart clinics, will be designed by Dr Gomes, who is a trained engineer as well as a cardiologist.
The new towns in the northern expansion include Richmond, Weipa, Cooktown, Palm Island, Biloela, Childers, Sarina, Ayr and Prosperine, and we shall be visiting them all in coming weeks and months as part of our expansion planning.
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