A full-time doctor who works across remote NT communities — and still finds time to mentor young people and work as a paramedic at community events — has been named the Northern Territory's 2026 Australian of the Year.

Felix Ho began his career journey at the age of 13 when he joined the St John Ambulance cadets in 1995.

Since then, he's worked in Timor-Leste as an intensive care paramedic with the United Nations and helped transport burn victims after the 2002 Bali bombings.

In 2006, then-medical student Dr Ho was named Tasmania's young Australian of the year for contributing "over 1,000 hours a year of his spare time" . Loading Facebook content

In 2020, he took on a national leadership role with St John Ambulance Australia which looked to develop the next generation of first re

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