Surgery Waits

Myringotomy waiting time at Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]

The median wait for myringotomy at this public hospital in the Wodonga area of Victoria was 31 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
31 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
103 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
1.0%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 80 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 8 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 35 days in 2016–17 to 31 days in 2024–25 — down 11% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], about 135 km away, at 23 days. Here, 1.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.6%.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Myringotomy" 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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Myringotomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]31 days1.0%103 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)120 days10.3%1537 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)69 days4.7%1610 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)80 days5.6%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.

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

Median wait for myringotomy by financial year at Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus], compared with Victoria and Australiadays02550751002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] 31VIC 69Australia 80
  • Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]
  • VIC
  • Australia
View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Myringotomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodAlbury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not reported for this period4949
2012–13not reported for this period5149
2013–14not reported for this period6155
2014–15not reported for this period4756
2015–16not reported for this period5257
2016–17355056
2017–18346066
2018–19194262
2019–20334265
2020–21236376
2021–22405772
2022–23747882
2023–24377988
2024–25316980

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

All surgery at Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] · Myringotomy across Australia · Myringotomy in Victoria