Eardrum drainage waiting time at Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital
Half of patients at Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital waited 291 days or less for eardrum drainage in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Myringotomy". This public hospital is in the Mount Nasura area of Western Australia.
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
- 291 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 74 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 27 days in 2011–12 to 291 days in 2024–25 — up 978% — while the national median rose from 49 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Fiona Stanley Hospital, about 18 km away, at 114 days.
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
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital | 291 days | not published | 33 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 90 days | 4.7% | 830 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.
Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA · about 18 km away: 114 days
Perth Children's Hospital, WA · about 26 km away: 96 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 27 km away: 10 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 27 km away: 31 days
Rockingham General Hospital, WA · about 29 km away: 88 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 50 km away: 44 days
Bunbury Hospital, WA · about 142 km away: 87 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 27 | 48 | 49 |
| 2012–13 | 22 | 51 | 49 |
| 2013–14 | 97 | 55 | 55 |
| 2014–15 | 104 | 65 | 56 |
| 2015–16 | 237 | 63 | 57 |
| 2016–17 | 335 | 58 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 84 | 66 |
| 2018–19 | 167 | 86 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 126 | 83 | 65 |
| 2020–21 | 251 | 99 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | 350 | 85 | 72 |
| 2022–23 | 76 | 83 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 162 | 91 | 88 |
| 2024–25 | 291 | 90 | 80 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital · Eardrum drainage across Australia · Eardrum drainage in Western Australia · All surgery waits in Western Australia