Surgery Waits

Myringotomy waiting time at Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]

The median wait for myringotomy at this public hospital in the Traralgon area of Victoria was 73 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
73 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
47 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 80 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 34 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 23 days in 2011–12 to 73 days in 2024–25 — up 217% — while the national median rose from 49 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Casey Hospital, about 100 km away, at 43 days.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Myringotomy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Myringotomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]73 daysnot published47 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)69 days4.7%1610 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)80 days5.6%5479 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 80 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for myringotomy by financial year at Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon], compared with Victoria and Australiadays02550751002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] 73VIC 69Australia 80
  • Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]
  • VIC
  • Australia
View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Myringotomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodLatrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2011–12234949
2012–13275149
2013–14236155
2014–15474756
2015–16265257
2016–17195056
2017–18356066
2018–19324262
2019–20384265
2020–21396376
2021–22445772
2022–23627882
2023–24977988
2024–25736980

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] · Myringotomy across Australia · Myringotomy in Victoria