Pterygium (eye growth) removal waiting time at Bass Coast Health
Half of patients at Bass Coast Health waited 11 days or less for pterygium (eye growth) removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Pterygium - excision of". This public hospital is in the South Dudley 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
- 11 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 65 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 2 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bass Coast Health | 11 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 90 days | 3.4% | 348 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 197 days | 15.7% | 2442 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 197 days marks the national median.
Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre, VIC · about 61 km away: 127 days
Yarra Ranges Health, VIC · about 97 km away: 225 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, VIC · about 103 km away: 77 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 106 km away: 130 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 118 km away: 50 days
Broadmeadows Health Service, VIC · about 118 km away: 106 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Bass Coast Health
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Bass Coast Health (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 74 | 128 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 70 | 152 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 49 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 50 | 155 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 147 | 230 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 140 | 238 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | 197 | 241 |
| 2023–24 | not reported for this period | 132 | 191 |
| 2024–25 | 11 | 90 | 197 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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