Myringotomy waiting time at Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]

The median wait for myringotomy at this public hospital in the Eaglemont area of Victoria was 293 days in 2024–25.

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: 293 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 29 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 75 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 70 days in 2011–12 to 293 days in 2024–25 — up 319% — while the national median rose from 49 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Box Hill Hospital, about 8 km away, at 91 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Myringotomy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]	293 days	not published	29 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	69 days	4.7%	1610 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.

Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 1 km away314 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 8 km away91 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 9 km away114 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear HospitalVIC · about 9 km away40 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 11 km away138 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 12 km away71 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 18 km away69 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 21 km away56 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]
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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Myringotomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	70	49	49
2012–13	103	51	49
2013–14	132	61	55
2014–15	99	47	56
2015–16	91	52	57
2016–17	65	50	56
2017–18	64	60	66
2018–19	29	42	62
2019–20	62	42	65
2020–21	157	63	76
2021–22	28	57	72
2022–23	112	78	82
2023–24	123	79	88
2024–25	293	69	80

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

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