ACL reconstruction waiting time at Dandenong Hospital
Half of patients at Dandenong Hospital waited 19 days or less for ACL reconstruction in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction". This public hospital is in the Dandenong 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
- 19 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 14 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 108 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 3 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 86 days in 2016–17 to 19 days in 2024–25 — down 78% — while the national median rose from 78 days to 81 days. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dandenong Hospital | 19 days | not published | 14 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 68 days | 4.7% | 944 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 81 days | 5.7% | 4122 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 81 days marks the national median.
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 8 km away: 169 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 15 km away: 93 days
Sandringham Hospital, VIC · about 18 km away: 240 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood], VIC · about 19 km away: 49 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 20 km away: 54 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 21 km away: 56 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 25 km away: 86 days
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 28 km away: 37 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Dandenong Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Dandenong Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 86 | 56 | 78 |
| 2017–18 | 41 | 56 | 78 |
| 2018–19 | 77 | 69 | 82 |
| 2019–20 | 83 | 69 | 82 |
| 2020–21 | 259 | 126 | 97 |
| 2021–22 | 170 | 84 | 89 |
| 2022–23 | 236 | 84 | 95 |
| 2023–24 | 58 | 74 | 82 |
| 2024–25 | 19 | 68 | 81 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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