PET near Wonthaggi, VIC

There is no PET scanner in Wonthaggi. The closest is I-MED Radiology Frankston Private Hospital, 64 km away in Frankston — about 81 minutes in the car. After that, the options are I-MED Radiology Casey in Berwick (66 km) and I-MED Radiology Traralgon Latrobe Regional Hospital in Traralgon (88 km).

22 practices within 200 km of Wonthaggi are accredited for PET in total; the five above are the closest by straight-line distance from the centre of town.

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

To put 64 km in context: of the 850 VIC towns we hold, 175 are further than Wonthaggi from a PET service. It is a real trip, and worth planning as one.

Victoria has 23 PET practices in total, 5 of them outside the capital. The machines cluster where the population is, which is why the nearest one to Wonthaggi is where it is.

Accreditation windows: I-MED Radiology Frankston Private Hospital to 31 August 2027, I-MED Radiology Casey to 31 August 2027 and I-MED Radiology Traralgon Latrobe Regional Hospital to 30 September 2027. We drop a modality the day its accreditation lapses, so if it is listed above it is current.

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