Royal Flying Doctor Service under the pump after 2700 COVID-19 trips in 11 months

Australia’s Royal Flying Doctor Service has made a staggering number of COVID-19 ‘sorties’ to assist victims during the pandemic.

The RFDS transported more than 770 patients by air and more than 1900 by road to a medical facility between February and December.

Most of the most patient-related flights came from Central Australia, which takes in the Northern Territory and South Australia, where 565 aeromedical retrievals were initiated.

There were 113 patients transported by air in WA, 57…