Surgery Waits

Myringotomy waiting time at Modbury Hospital

The median wait for myringotomy at this public hospital in the Modbury area of South Australia was 64 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
64 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
19 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 26 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 34 days in 2011–12 to 64 days in 2024–25 — up 88% — while the national median rose from 49 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Adelaide Hospital, about 13 km away, at 63 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
Modbury Hospital64 daysnot published19 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)77 days2.2%599 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 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for myringotomy by financial year at Modbury Hospital, compared with South Australia and Australiadays02550751002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Modbury Hospital 64SA 77Australia 80
  • Modbury Hospital
  • SA
  • Australia
View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Myringotomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodModbury Hospital (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2011–12344349
2012–13324249
2013–14223555
2014–15365656
2015–16295757
2016–17274856
2017–18406366
2018–19585462
2019–20816165
2020–21not published7076
2021–22247472
2022–23217082
2023–24708488
2024–25647780

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

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