PET near Hotham Heights, VIC

Hotham Heights does not have a PET scanner. The nearest one is at I-MED Radiology Borella Rd, Albury in Albury, about 103 km away, roughly 2 hr 18 min by road. After that, the options are I-MED Radiology Traralgon Latrobe Regional Hospital in Traralgon (149 km) and Lumus Imaging Knox Private Hospital in Wantirna (195 km).

Hotham Heights has no accredited imaging practice of its own that we can see in the register, so any scan means travelling. The closest imaging of any kind is Beechworth Health Service in Beechworth, 82 km away.

To put 103 km in context: of the 850 VIC towns we hold, 129 are further than Hotham Heights from a PET service. It is a real trip, and worth planning as one.

A 103 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 Hotham Heights — rosters like that do not appear in the accreditation register.

Across Victoria, 23 practices are accredited for PET and 5 of those are outside the capital. That is the arithmetic behind the distance above — PET is not spread evenly, and Hotham Heights sits in one of the gaps.

Current Medicare accreditation runs: I-MED Radiology Borella Rd, Albury to 31 July 2027, I-MED Radiology Traralgon Latrobe Regional Hospital to 30 September 2027 and Lumus Imaging Knox Private Hospital to 31 July 2027. We drop a modality the day its accreditation lapses, so if it is listed above it is current.

Of the four practices listed, all publish a phone number, all have a website and three list opening hours. Ring before you go rather than assuming — hours move, and not every accredited scan runs every day.