Limb amputation waiting time at Dandenong Hospital
Half of patients at Dandenong Hospital waited 8 days or less for limb amputation in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Amputation of limb". 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
- 8 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 18 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 22 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 4 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 14 days in 2016–17 to 8 days in 2024–25 — down 43% — while the national median rose from 11 days to 14 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], about 8 km away, at 7 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dandenong Hospital | 8 days | not published | 18 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 10 days | 1.2% | 338 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 14 days | 1.2% | 761 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 14 days marks the national median.
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 8 km away: 7 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 20 km away: 3 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 21 km away: 9 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 25 km away: 11 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 28 km away: 7 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 29 km away: 12 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 30 km away: 13 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 36 km away: 13 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 | 14 | 14 | 11 |
| 2017–18 | 15 | 13 | 13 |
| 2018–19 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| 2019–20 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| 2020–21 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 2021–22 | 11 | 11 | 14 |
| 2022–23 | 12 | 12 | 14 |
| 2023–24 | 18 | 12 | 14 |
| 2024–25 | 8 | 10 | 14 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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