Surgery Waits

Myringotomy waiting time at Kununurra Hospital

The median wait for myringotomy at this public hospital in the Kununurra area of Western Australia was 92 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
92 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
11 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 80 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 48 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 41 days in 2011–12 to 92 days in 2024–25 — up 124% — while the national median rose from 49 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Darwin Hospital, about 445 km away, at 52 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Myringotomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Kununurra Hospital92 daysnot published11 surgeries
Northern Territory (all public hospitals)not publishednot published95 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)90 days4.7%830 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)80 days5.6%5479 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 80 days marks the national median.

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.

Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for myringotomy by financial year at Kununurra Hospital, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays02550751002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Kununurra Hospital 92WA 90Australia 80
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Myringotomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodKununurra Hospital (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2011–12414849
2012–13425149
2013–1485555
2014–15826556
2015–16306357
2016–17255856
2017–18718466
2018–19438662
2019–20118365
2020–21579976
2021–22378572
2022–23428382
2023–2449188
2024–25929080

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

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