Thyroid gland removal waiting time at Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]
Half of patients at Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] waited 16 days or less for thyroid gland removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy". This public hospital is in the Traralgon 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
- 16 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 71 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 95 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 1 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 76 days in 2016–17 to 16 days in 2024–25 — down 79% — while the national median rose from 52 days to 56 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 3.4%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] | 16 days | 0.0% | 71 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 46 days | 1.4% | 1646 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 56 days | 3.4% | 5721 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 56 days marks the national median.
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul], VIC · about 48 km away: 59 days
Casey Hospital, VIC · about 100 km away: 93 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood], VIC · about 116 km away: 28 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 118 km away: 105 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 119 km away: 103 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 127 km away: 22 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 128 km away: 55 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 134 km away: 42 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 76 | 54 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 14 | 52 | 54 |
| 2018–19 | 10 | 48 | 50 |
| 2019–20 | 13 | 49 | 52 |
| 2020–21 | 11 | 42 | 53 |
| 2021–22 | 11 | 34 | 49 |
| 2022–23 | 16 | 56 | 63 |
| 2023–24 | 17 | 58 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 16 | 46 | 56 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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