Mother's dying wish inspires woman's award-winning work

Jodi Hamilton outside the old Coen hospital where she is establishing a palliative care centre. (HANDOUT/ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE)

Jodi Hamilton's mum always told her the roar of a Royal Flying Doctor Service plane was the sound of a lifeline.

Ms Hamilton's mother Barbara Shephard was a nurse in the remote Queensland town of Coen for five decades, often working hand-in-hand with the aeromedical service.