Pterygium (eye growth) removal waiting time at Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre
Half of patients at Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre waited 127 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 Cranbourne 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
- 127 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 78 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 65 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 21 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 57 days in 2016–17 to 127 days in 2024–25 — up 123% — while the national median rose from 128 days to 197 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, about 43 km away, at 77 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 15.7%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre | 127 days | 0.0% | 78 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.
Yarra Ranges Health, VIC · about 40 km away: 225 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, VIC · about 43 km away: 77 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 45 km away: 130 days
Broadmeadows Health Service, VIC · about 58 km away: 106 days
Bass Coast Health, VIC · about 61 km away: 11 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 80 km away: 50 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 57 | 74 | 128 |
| 2017–18 | 71 | 70 | 152 |
| 2018–19 | 107 | 49 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | 83 | 50 | 155 |
| 2020–21 | 203 | 147 | 230 |
| 2021–22 | 125 | 140 | 238 |
| 2022–23 | 304 | 197 | 241 |
| 2023–24 | 135 | 132 | 191 |
| 2024–25 | 127 | 90 | 197 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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