Gallbladder removal waiting time at Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]
The median wait for gallbladder removal — published by the source as "Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)" — at this public hospital in the Wodonga area of Victoria was 48 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
- 48 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 124 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 11.3%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 176 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 72 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 44 days in 2016–17 to 48 days in 2024–25 — up 9% — while the national median rose from 41 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Northeast Health Wangaratta, about 56 km away, at 30 days. Here, 11.3% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 2.3%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] | 48 days | 11.3% | 124 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 58 days | 3.2% | 6357 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 28 days | 1.2% | 4488 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 48 days | 2.3% | 18067 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 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
- Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 54 | 51 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 60 | 50 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 47 | 46 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 36 | 43 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 31 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 44 | 31 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 49 | 35 | 45 |
| 2018–19 | 42 | 30 | 45 |
| 2019–20 | 49 | 29 | 48 |
| 2020–21 | 59 | 45 | 56 |
| 2021–22 | 51 | 37 | 53 |
| 2022–23 | 109 | 48 | 59 |
| 2023–24 | 88 | 27 | 46 |
| 2024–25 | 48 | 28 | 48 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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