Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh]

The median wait for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as "Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy" — at this public hospital in the Bacchus Marsh area of Victoria was 97 days in 2024–25.

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: 97 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 12 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 186 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 126 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sunshine Hospital, about 35 km away, at 79 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh]	97 days	not published	12 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	45 days	2.6%	4290 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	73 days	5.0%	16694 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 73 days marks the national median.

Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 33 km away189 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 35 km away79 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 42 km away90 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 45 km away89 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 47 km away24 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 48 km away101 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 51 km away26 days
The AlfredVIC · about 52 km away49 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	not reported for this period	60	57
2012–13	not reported for this period	71	60
2013–14	not reported for this period	57	56
2014–15	not reported for this period	42	51
2015–16	not reported for this period	40	52
2016–17	not reported for this period	38	52
2017–18	not reported for this period	40	56
2018–19	not reported for this period	39	59
2019–20	not reported for this period	43	67
2020–21	not reported for this period	71	76
2021–22	not reported for this period	81	77
2022–23	not reported for this period	81	82
2023–24	not reported for this period	47	70
2024–25	97	45	73

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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