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Rural Queenslanders relive close calls with heart problems as mobile health service proves its worth

Fifth-generation farmer David Officer was getting rid of floodwater, and moving cattle on his farm more than 100 kilometres west of Goondiwindi, when he felt "massive pain" in his chest. 

It felt like his arm was on fire.

"I don't think I fainted but I ended up on the ground, which was fairly scary," Mr Officer said.

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