24/7 SUPPORT LINE

Transport Drivers are finding it near impossible to obtain a Doctor’s appointment when required, and when they can get an appointment, the chances of them being interstate is quite real. This is resulting in a major concern of the health and wellbeing of the drivers.

On average three in four drivers who access our mobile Health & Support Unit have a health issue, two in four have major health issues, i.e. hypertension, sleep apnea, diabetes, obesity, prostate, cancer etc..

Some of the fatalities on our road are attributed to heart attacks behind the wheel, not only causing them to have an accident, but also in some instance killing innocent people. We have had numerous clients through the Health & Support Unit that had extremely elevated blood pressure and was taken to hospital, as a result saved their life and possible another innocent road user.

We would like to have a visiting GP to the facility in the interim no less than 2 days per week, with the long term prospect of full time.

Already we have an expression of interest from the Division of GPs, with the prospect of creating the service under a program of Remote and Regional Services and would be subsidies under preventative health. We have been invited to meet with them in January along with Sydney University. The program would include a full time GP and rotating last year medical students.

We would like to provide this service to enable transport drivers to have easy accessibility to medical services in a timely manner. With approximately 6000 transport drivers utilising the facilities in the Tarcutta region weekly, and the proposed service centre being given the green light, we believe the demand for service and the prominence Trans-Help has gained within the industry will proved to be very viable and successful.

Our intent is to establish a medical centre that will eventually be available to transport personnel 24/7.