How Sarawak Can Create A Specialised Aeromedical Service
A Sarawakian doctor, who now practises in Australia, urges Sarawak to form its own specialised aeromedical service that isn't merely transport. A Sarawak FDS can be co-funded by state corporate groups. Aeromedical medicine should be a career pathway.
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 17 — A Malaysian doctor practising in Australia has suggested the establishment of a specialised aeromedical service in Sarawak, instead of treating the Flying Doctor Service (FDS) as a mere transportation method.
Dr Tony Ak Albert, a former Ministry of Health (MOH) doctor who participated in rural FDS and Medevac missions in Sarawak, said Australia’s Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) showed how aeromedical care could be organised as an integrated health care system.
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