Surgery Waits

Pterygium - excision of waiting time at Whyalla Hospital and Health Services

Median wait, long waits and volumes for pterygium - excision of at this public hospital in the Whyalla area of South Australia, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

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

The source did not publish a median wait for this surgery at this hospital in 2024–25. Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator. The hospital is shown here unranked rather than ranked on a number that does not exist.

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

Median wait
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Surgeries completed
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — too few
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

This hospital is not ranked for this surgery.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Pterygium - excision of, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Whyalla Hospital and Health Servicesnot publishednot publishednot published
South Australia (all public hospitals)117 days14.5%173 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)197 days15.7%2442 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Whyalla Hospital and Health Services did not publish a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, so there is no list of nearer alternatives to compare it against.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for pterygium - excision of by financial year at Whyalla Hospital and Health Services, compared with South Australia and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Whyalla Hospital and Health Services 41SA 117Australia 197
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Pterygium - excision of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodWhyalla Hospital and Health Services (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not publishednot published128
2017–18not published115152
2018–19not published177125
2019–2041190155
2020–21not published309230
2021–22not published270238
2022–23not published203241
2023–24not published165191
2024–25not published117197

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