Surgery Waits

Myringotomy waiting time at Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]

The median wait for myringotomy at this public hospital in the Bentleigh East area of Victoria was 69 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
69 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
32 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 29 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 40 days in 2011–12 to 69 days in 2024–25 — up 73% — while the national median rose from 49 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], about 8 km away, at 56 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Myringotomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]69 daysnot published32 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 Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], compared with Victoria and Australiadays038751131502011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] 69VIC 69Australia 80
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Median wait in days for Myringotomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodMonash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2011–12404949
2012–13595149
2013–14696155
2014–15644756
2015–16715257
2016–17585056
2017–18406066
2018–19504262
2019–20814265
2020–211216376
2021–221335772
2022–23477882
2023–24827988
2024–25696980

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

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