Kennedy Lay is combining aviation and healthcare to bring quality allied health services to rural and remote Australia.
A first-generation Australian, Kennedy draws on the resilience and entrepreneurial spirit instilled in him by his single mother. In 2020, Kennedy, a physiotherapist, took the opportunity to pursue a commercial pilot’s licence.
Using his new-found skill, Kennedy flew to Narrogin, a town almost 200 km from Perth, to deliver physiotherapy services. Founding Fly2Health Group, Kennedy added new locations and services including psychology, speech therapy, occupational therapy and general medicine.
Today Kennedy’s team of 145 professionals help 6,000 families in over 95 rural and remote communities across Australia, including four Aboriginal communities. This means clients can stay in their communities rather than drive hundreds of kilometres for care.
Kennedy shows how empathy, ingenuity and commitment can rewrite the rules of what’s possible and advance healthcare equity.