Nuclear medicine near Bairnsdale, VIC

Bairnsdale does not have a nuclear medicine service. The closest is Central Gippsland Health — Sale, 56 km away in Sale — about 58 minutes in the car. After that, the options are I-MED Radiology Traralgon Latrobe Regional Hospital in Traralgon (109 km) and Northeast Health Wangaratta (nuclear medicine by I-MED) in Wangaratta (200 km).

Locally, Bairnsdale is covered for x-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRI. A referral for one of those can be done here: everything Bairnsdale has.

To put 56 km in context: of the 850 VIC towns we hold, 101 are further than Bairnsdale from a nuclear medicine service. It is a real trip, and worth planning as one.

Victoria has 63 nuclear medicine practices in total, 15 of them outside the capital. The machines cluster where the population is, which is why the nearest one to Bairnsdale is where it is.

Accreditation windows: Central Gippsland Health — Sale to 31 October 2027, I-MED Radiology Traralgon Latrobe Regional Hospital to 30 September 2027 and Northeast Health Wangaratta (nuclear medicine by I-MED) to 31 October 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.