Extreme and persistent drought has spread across more than 80 percent of Queensland this year, leaving rural farmers scrambling to make ends meet.
Most have even had to forgo even basic necessities such as medical care, which can lead to multiple health issues and constant pain.
The Royal Flying Doctor Service dental team is seeing this up close as they travel in an 18-wheeler mobile dental van and offer free treatment to the farmers on their own doorstep.
Rural farmers in drought-stricken Queensland are forgoing proper medical and dental care because of lack of money and the inability to travel to larger cities that offer such care
The Royal Flying Doctor Service dental team has travelled across the drought area this year and offered many of the farmers free dental care and treatment
‘They can’t afford soap, let alone toothpaste and a toothbrush,’ dental nurse Jo Conway said
‘They are slogging their hearts out just to make a living,’ dental nurse Jo Conway told the Gympie Times.
‘They can’t afford soap, let alone toothpaste and a toothbrush.’
Ms Conway said the gratitude of those they treat is overwhelming and that sometimes their work doesn't just help the patients but saves their lives.
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3316601/They-t-afford-soap-let-toothpaste-Dental-van-travels-Australia-fixing-drought-stricken-farmers-teeth.html
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