Laparoscopy waiting time at Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service
The median wait for laparoscopy at this public hospital in the Mount Gambier area of South Australia was 60 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
- 60 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 57 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 149 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 59 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 14 days in 2017–18 to 60 days in 2024–25 — up 329% — while the national median rose from 51 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], about 271 km away, at 35 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.4%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service | 60 days | 0.0% | 57 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 104 days | 13.7% | 737 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 53 days | 2.5% | 3279 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 69 days | 5.4% | 9403 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 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
- Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 50 | 47 |
| 2017–18 | 14 | 63 | 51 |
| 2018–19 | 15 | 84 | 57 |
| 2019–20 | 30 | 88 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | 29 | 101 | 79 |
| 2021–22 | 28 | 137 | 78 |
| 2022–23 | 40 | 113 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 49 | 90 | 69 |
| 2024–25 | 60 | 104 | 69 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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