2013 News & Stories
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Back on the horse, Dr Q Magazine
02/09/2013 -
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Christmas Appeal 2013 - We got the 'Troopie'!
08/11/2013A huge and heartfelt thank you from AMAQ Foundation and AMA Queensland member, Dr Lara Wieland to everyone who generously gave to our 2013 Christmas Appeal. You raised an incredible $44,041! This exceeded our ambitious target of $40,000, with the...
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Doctors keep wheels of bus rolling, Doctor Q Magazine
20/03/2013 -
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Dr Lara Wieland and the kids of Kowanyama, Dr Q Magazine
15/11/2013 -
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Dr Michael Harrison, Dr Q Magazine
15/05/2013 -
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Dreams are made of this, Doctor Q Magazine
20/03/2013 -
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Duke Trust makes wishes come true
31/01/2013Chrismas came early at Royal Children's Hospital when AMA Queensland Foundation, in partnership with the Stan and Maureen Duke Trust, presented much-needed equipment to its rehabilitation unit. Dr Susan King, a daughter of the Trust's founders, was on...
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EOFY tax appeal sets new record
27/08/2013Thank you to everyone who supported the Foundation in setting a new record, raising more than $36,000 in our recent end-of-financial-year tax appeal. The much-needed funds will go directly towards the AMA Queensland Foundation’s medical student...
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Foundation Relaunched, Dr Q Magazine
15/05/2013 -
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Foundation’s Official Relaunch
13/03/2013Over 50 donors attended the recent AMA Queensland Foundation’s Thank you to Donors event at Macquarie Bank’s luxurious Queen Street offices. During the delightful evening, the AMA Queensland Foundation was officially relaunched and the new...
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Keys to Freedom
15/02/2013 -
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Kids of Kowanyama camp in style thanks to Queensland X-Ray
02/12/2013We are extremely grateful for the long-term, continued support of Queensland X-Ray again this past year. Long-time AMA Queensland member and doctor doing good, Dr Lara Wieland, was the very appreciative beneficiary of their $5,000 donation, which funded...
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Making education possible in India
24/01/2013In early 2012, AMA Queensland Foundation and exclusive Brisbane girls' private school St Rita's College partnered an offshore project to improve the education and health of young Indian children: we bought a bus to transport 70 village children daily to...
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Meet Preston Cardelli
28/05/2013Meet Preston Cardelli: medical student, loving son, and proud recipient of an AMA Queensland Foundation medical bursary. As part of his Community Health Rotation Preston helped at Urandangi State School, which has less than 50 students and...
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Red Hill Special School gets its mini-bus
14/02/2013The kindheartedness of doctors has brought smiles back to students of Red Hill Special School who faced a year of campus-based classes when the school bus was rendered unroadworthy at the end of the 2102 school year. AMA Queensland Foundation and...
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Red Hill Special School's Bus goes Wild!
04/06/2013L- R Hannah, Adania & James; back row: teacher, Caya, nurse, Claire and student teacher, Laura For James it was getting up close to a possum and for Hannah it was stroking a snake. Adania couldn’t help but giggle when she hugged a koala and she...
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Thank you TressCox Lawyers!
04/10/2013The AMA Queensland Foundation would like to extend a heartfelt THANK YOU to TressCox Lawyers for their invaluable support and recent pro bono work on the Foundation’s governance and structure. Their commitment to corporate social responsibility and...
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Tropics Textbook Goes Global
20/06/2013Above: Students in Vanuatu receive the first textbook that they are allowed to take home to study. Dr Chris Schull’s book Common Medical Problems in the Tropics has been distributed to doctors, nurses and health workers in developing countries...
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Tropics textbook goes global, Dr Q Magazine
20/05/2013