PET near Monto, QLD

There is no PET scanner in Monto. The nearest one is at I-MED Radiology Bundaberg in Bundaberg, about 123 km away. After that, the options are I-MED Radiology Mater Private Hospital Rockhampton in Rockhampton (175 km) and Wide Bay Nuclear Medicine - Hervey Bay in Pialba (179 km).

What Monto does have locally is x-ray. If your referral is for that, you do not need to leave town — see everything Monto has.

To put 123 km in context: of the 1062 QLD towns we hold, 90 are further than Monto from a PET service. It is a real trip, and worth planning as one.

A 123 km trip is a day out of your life, not an errand. Ask your referring doctor about the patient travel assistance scheme in your state, and ask the nearest hospital whether a visiting service ever covers Monto — rosters like that do not appear in the accreditation register.

Queensland has 37 PET practices in total, 23 of them outside the capital. The machines cluster where the population is, which is why the nearest one to Monto is where it is.

Current Medicare accreditation runs: I-MED Radiology Bundaberg to 30 June 2027, I-MED Radiology Mater Private Hospital Rockhampton to 30 November 2026 and Wide Bay Nuclear Medicine - Hervey Bay to 30 June 2027. We drop a modality the day its accreditation lapses, so if it is listed above it is current.

Of the three practices listed, all publish a phone number, all have a website and one lists opening hours. A phone call before you travel is worth it: a practice can be accredited for a scan and still not run it daily.