More help needed! Can you support the essential Goondiwindi Meditrans service?

Meditrans is the essential, local Goondiwindi service that transports patients to specialist healthcare appointments in Toowoomba. The service is totally reliant upon volunteers – without them, the service would simply not be possible.

And that means some local patients may not be able to access essential healthcare such as cancer treatment.

Now in its fifth year of service, local demand for the service has increased significantly over the years. With more patients needing transport than ever before (currently up to 35 each month), plus COVID-19 challenges and some of our regular volunteers being away, Meditrans desperately needs more volunteers to ensure local patients can access the healthcare they need.

It would be devastating to so many if Goondiwindi were to lose this vital service.

Can you help by volunteering just 5 days a year?

Do you have an open driver’s licence and could give as little as one day every few months? 

Please join our amazing team of wonderful volunteers - contact Sue Salisbury on 0436 668 763.

Has your loved one used the Meditrans service? It can only carry on if people volunteer.

Driving for Meditrans is a rewarding way to support people in Goondiwindi with no local family or support system around them.

Volunteers can take a friend or chaperone along with them during the drive, and you get a free The Larder coffee with each shift!

It’s also a great way to meet new people - our volunteers enjoy lunch gatherings along with knowing they’re doing great things for our community.

The Meditrans car travels to Toowoomba almost every day – but you can commit to as little as 5 days a year, and pick which days work for you.

Goondiwindi Regional Council’s Cr Phil O’Shea, who holds the portfolio for Health, has applauded the current volunteers for all they do in our community.

“I want to thank and commend everyone who gives their time to drive for Meditrans to ensure local people can access the healthcare they need,” he said. “I also want to strongly encourage other residents to consider taking part in this wonderful initiative to help out our neighbours.”

Thanks to local Goondiwindi support

The service is heavily sponsored by local businesses. Tait Auto Group supplies and services the vehicle. At the beginning of 2022, David Tait provided Meditrans with a brand new Ford Everest.

Goondiwindi Tyre Service provide tyres and tyre service.

The Larder provides our drivers with coffee and many of our clients generously make donations. Other local businesses also donate anonymously.

More about Meditrans

Meditrans is an essential service that is quite unique to the Goondiwindi community. It’s a free service providing transport to Toowoomba for eligible residents to receive specialist medical services not available in Goondiwindi, such as chemotherapy, radiology, renal dialysis, diagnostic medicine and more. These can be life-saving services that are not available locally.

Goondiwindi Regional Council launched this valuable service in 2017. Meditrans is funded by the Darling Downs and West Moreton Primary Health Network LTD and the Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service, and is administered through Council.