Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) waiting time at Bundaberg Base Hospital
Half of patients at Bundaberg Base Hospital waited 73 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 Bundaberg West area of Queensland.
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
- 73 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 48 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 149 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 47 days in 2016–17 to 73 days in 2024–25 — up 55% — while the national median rose from 47 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Hervey Bay Hospital, about 68 km away, at 66 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bundaberg Base Hospital | 73 days | not published | 48 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 84 days | 7.1% | 2015 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.
Hervey Bay Hospital, QLD · about 68 km away: 66 days
Maryborough Hospital, QLD · about 81 km away: 58 days
Gladstone Hospital, QLD · about 158 km away: 186 days
Kingaroy Hospital, QLD · about 192 km away: 150 days
Nambour General Hospital, QLD · about 204 km away: 96 days
Sunshine Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 223 km away: 103 days
Rockhampton Hospital, QLD · about 250 km away: 119 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Bundaberg Base Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Bundaberg Base Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 47 | 57 | 47 |
| 2017–18 | 42 | 63 | 51 |
| 2018–19 | 22 | 65 | 57 |
| 2019–20 | 58 | 75 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | 81 | 72 | 79 |
| 2021–22 | 100 | 74 | 78 |
| 2022–23 | 85 | 73 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 66 | 76 | 69 |
| 2024–25 | 73 | 84 | 69 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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