Surgery Waits

Gallbladder removal waiting time at Kangaroo Island Health Service

Median wait, long waits and volumes for gallbladder removal — published by the source as "Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)" — at this public hospital in the Kingscote area of South Australia, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

The source did not publish a median wait for this surgery at this hospital in 2024–25. Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator. The hospital is shown here unranked rather than ranked on a number that does not exist.

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Surgeries completed
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — too few
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

This hospital is not ranked for this surgery.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic), 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Kangaroo Island Health Servicenot publishednot publishednot published
South Australia (all public hospitals)58 days2.9%1396 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)48 days2.3%18067 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Kangaroo Island Health Service did not publish a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, so there is no list of nearer alternatives to compare it against.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) by financial year at Kangaroo Island Health Service, compared with South Australia and Australiadays0193856752011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25SA 58Australia 48
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodKangaroo Island Health Service (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not published4251
2012–13not published3050
2013–14not reported for this period3446
2014–15not published3543
2015–16not published3942
2016–17not reported for this period3741
2017–18not reported for this period4045
2018–19not published4345
2019–20not published4948
2020–21not published5656
2021–22not reported for this period6453
2022–23not reported for this period5159
2023–24not reported for this period4546
2024–25not published5848

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