Pterygium - excision of waiting time at The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital
The median wait for pterygium - excision of at this public hospital in the East Melbourne area of Victoria was 77 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
- 77 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 138 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 5.8%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 65 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 12 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 78 days in 2016–17 to 77 days in 2024–25 — down 1% — while the national median rose from 128 days to 197 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is University Hospital Geelong, about 66 km away, at 50 days. Here, 5.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 15.7%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital | 77 days | 5.8% | 138 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 90 days | 3.4% | 348 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 197 days | 15.7% | 2442 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 78 | 74 | 128 |
| 2017–18 | 60 | 70 | 152 |
| 2018–19 | 42 | 49 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | 36 | 50 | 155 |
| 2020–21 | 131 | 147 | 230 |
| 2021–22 | 116 | 140 | 238 |
| 2022–23 | 94 | 197 | 241 |
| 2023–24 | 116 | 132 | 191 |
| 2024–25 | 77 | 90 | 197 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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