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There will be more lifesaving specialist medical services in the Mackay Whitsunday region with the launch of a custom-built mobile medical clinic.
Heart of Australia’s new truck, dubbed HEART 4, involves specialists from all over the country uniting to give residents in Sarina, Proserpine, Ayr, and Cooktown access to cardiology, sonography, cardiac monitoring, sleep diagnostics and respiratory services.
New towns and services will be added as demand dictates.
The Australian government is investing $12 million to support and expand the Heart of Australia program, including the delivery of the service’s fourth mobile medical clinic to access the new route across northern Queensland.