There are no PET scanners available in Eustie King's central Queensland home town. He says regular long distance travel is taking a toll as he fights two types of cancer.
did not come as a surprise after his diagnosis, but the lack of one piece of essential equipment in a large part of Queensland did.A cancer patient and health advocate are calling for more cancer diagnostic tools in regional hospitalsThe state government says it will consider the viability of a local PET scanner in future hospital upgrades
"I'm appalled that a major regional centre like Rockhampton doesn't have a PET scan, I think it's absolutely essential, population wise, catchment wise and the demographics of people that live here," Mr King said.A positron emission tomography scan is an imaging test used to diagnose cancer and other diseases.
Ms Christerson runs a free service, supported by charity, transporting regional patients from the airport to hospital, as well as providing home-cooked meals. However, in a statement, Queensland health minister Shannon Fentiman said PET was a highly specialised service which required extensive equipment and a specialist workforce and medications to be operated safely.
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