How to arrange your trip

Telephone 5486 2488 - 8:30 to 12:30 Mon to Fri

Please give as much notice as possible - drivers are available from Monday - Friday, weekend travel may be provided if a driver is available.

To qualify for travel you need to be 18 years or over and be a resident of the Cooloola Coast.

There is a charge to cover administrative costs for running our organisation.

Queensland Health have a Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme (PTSS) that provides financial assistance for eligible patients to access specialist medical services not available locally - details available on the link above or on request from Gympie Hospital or contact your local GP.

Our door to door service means we pick you up from your home and take you to your medical appointment, we then wait and return you to your home. We limit our wait time to 6 hours however other arrangements may be available under some circumstances

We take the stress out of the travel arrangements - please note that all drivers are volunteers dedicated to assist the needy, but they are NOT trained paramedics.

All volunteer drivers hold a Driver Authority governed by Qld Dept of Transport & Main Roads.

Travel is available for local appointments in Tin Can Bay and to Brisbane to the south and Hervey Bay to the north and all destinations between.

PLEASE NOTE COOLOOLA COAST MEDICAL TRANSPORT INC. IS NOT AN EMERGENCY SERVICE, IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY PLEASE RING 000 FOR AN AMBULANCE.

 

Cooloola Coast Medical Transport Inc.