Pterygium (eye growth) removal waiting time at Kalgoorlie Health Campus
Half of patients at Kalgoorlie Health Campus waited 256 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 Piccadilly area of Western Australia.
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
- 256 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 20 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 65 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 40 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 111 days in 2019–20 to 256 days in 2024–25 — up 131% — while the national median rose from 155 days to 197 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Esperance Hospital, about 349 km away, at 73 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalgoorlie Health Campus | 256 days | not published | 20 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 140 days | 11.1% | 621 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.
Esperance Hospital, WA · about 349 km away: 73 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 534 km away: 38 days
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 545 km away: 91 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 549 km away: 119 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 553 km away: 248 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 553 km away: 63 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 554 km away: 95 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 562 km away: 433 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Kalgoorlie Health Campus
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Kalgoorlie Health Campus (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 62 | 128 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 78 | 152 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 83 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | 111 | 98 | 155 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 150 | 230 |
| 2021–22 | 347 | 154 | 238 |
| 2022–23 | 352 | 187 | 241 |
| 2023–24 | 217 | 124 | 191 |
| 2024–25 | 256 | 140 | 197 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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