Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Cooma Hospital and Health Service
The median wait for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as "Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy" — at this public hospital in the Polo Flat area of New South Wales was 185 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 185 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 16 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 186 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 161 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 74 days in 2011–12 to 185 days in 2024–25 — up 150% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Moruya Hospital, about 92 km away, at 105 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooma Hospital and Health Service | 185 days | not published | 16 surgeries |
| Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals) | 133 days | 10.3% | 252 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 101 days | 8.1% | 5703 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 73 days | 5.0% | 16694 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.
How the wait has changed
- Cooma Hospital and Health Service
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Cooma Hospital and Health Service (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 74 | 72 | 57 |
| 2012–13 | not published | 71 | 60 |
| 2013–14 | not published | 69 | 56 |
| 2014–15 | 297 | 70 | 51 |
| 2015–16 | 231 | 69 | 52 |
| 2016–17 | not published | 72 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 75 | 56 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 77 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | 60 | 78 | 67 |
| 2020–21 | 145 | 92 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | 187 | 90 | 77 |
| 2022–23 | 104 | 115 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 191 | 97 | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 185 | 101 | 73 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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