The Dubbo Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) has received a new vehicle thanks to Toyota Material Handling Australia.
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The industrial equipment company donated a Taylor-Dunn buggy to the Dubbo base on Thursday as part of their corporate social responsibility program to give back to the communities they operate in.
Operations manager at the RFDS Kendall Graham said in Dubbo their service delivery and physical infrastructure had expanded in the last four years, so the buggy would allow them to transport equipment efficiently.
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"We've got a lot of travelling back and forth from our main hangar to our flight line in our aeromedical terminals," she said.
"So there's a lot of logistics getting crew and equipment back and forth, so this [buggy] will cut down the time of doing that."
She said the new vehicle would not only help the RFDS, but ultimately the patient.
"It's absolutely incredible to receive a donation like this," she said.
"[Toyota Material Handling] can see the need in the service that we provide and where they can help us, so for them to do this it's just fantastic.
"In the end by helping us, it's helping the end user, which is the patient. It allows us to get our crews and equipment where they need to be quicker to help the patient."
Steve Takacs president and CEO of Toyota Material Handling Australia said the company had 18 branches which operate nation wide, and every three months one branch would make a donation to the local community which they operate in.
Mr Takacs said the donation to the Dubbo RFDS was a "no-brainer'.
"It struck us that it's such a good cause that they're providing this service to people who are hundreds of kilometres away from anywhere," he said.
"For a company to provide an ongoing free service, where the end user doesn't pay, it's a true community service and it's providing a service for the vulnerable."
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