Myringotomy waiting time at West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]

The median wait for myringotomy at this public hospital in the Warragul area of Victoria was 161 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

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

Median wait: 161 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 33 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 65 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 37 days in 2011–12 to 161 days in 2024–25 — up 335% — while the national median rose from 49 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon], about 48 km away, at 73 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
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]	161 days	not published	33 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	69 days	4.7%	1610 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	80 days	5.6%	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.

Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]VIC · about 48 km away73 days
Casey HospitalVIC · about 53 km away43 days
Angliss HospitalVIC · about 62 km away99 days
Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 69 km away90 days
Frankston HospitalVIC · about 70 km away113 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 73 km away56 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 81 km away69 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 81 km away91 days

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

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Myringotomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	37	49	49
2012–13	159	51	49
2013–14	81	61	55
2014–15	not published	47	56
2015–16	61	52	57
2016–17	69	50	56
2017–18	40	60	66
2018–19	38	42	62
2019–20	91	42	65
2020–21	14	63	76
2021–22	28	57	72
2022–23	39	78	82
2023–24	57	79	88
2024–25	161	69	80

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

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