Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) waiting time at Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]
Half of patients at Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] waited 63 days or less for keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Laparoscopy". This public hospital is in the Wodonga area of Victoria.
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
- 63 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 203 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.5%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 62 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 48 days in 2016–17 to 63 days in 2024–25 — up 31% — while the national median rose from 47 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Northeast Health Wangaratta, about 56 km away, at 58 days. Here, 1.5% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.4%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Laparoscopy" 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] | 63 days | 1.5% | 203 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 70 days | 6.0% | 2149 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
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 69 days marks the national median.
Northeast Health Wangaratta, VIC · about 56 km away: 58 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 121 km away: 70 days
Griffith Base Hospital, NSW · about 219 km away: 53 days
Queanbeyan Hospital, NSW · about 230 km away: 46 days
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon], VIC · about 235 km away: 62 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 237 km away: 40 days
Angliss Hospital, VIC · about 241 km away: 81 days
The Bendigo Hospital, VIC · about 242 km away: 84 days
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. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 48 | 41 | 47 |
| 2017–18 | 63 | 43 | 51 |
| 2018–19 | 47 | 48 | 57 |
| 2019–20 | 47 | 53 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | 107 | 89 | 79 |
| 2021–22 | 91 | 83 | 78 |
| 2022–23 | 81 | 103 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 82 | 67 | 69 |
| 2024–25 | 63 | 53 | 69 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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