Eardrum drainage waiting time at Modbury Hospital
Half of patients at Modbury Hospital waited 64 days or less for eardrum drainage in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Myringotomy". This public hospital is in the Modbury area of South 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
- 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
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modbury Hospital | 64 days | not published | 19 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 77 days | 2.2% | 599 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 80 days | 5.6% | 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.
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 10 km away: 112 days
Women's and Children's Hospital, SA · about 12 km away: 85 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 13 km away: 63 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 15 km away: 33 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 24 km away: 72 days
Gawler Health Service, SA · about 27 km away: 40 days
Renmark Paringa District Hospital, SA · about 202 km away: 30 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Modbury Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Modbury Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 34 | 43 | 49 |
| 2012–13 | 32 | 42 | 49 |
| 2013–14 | 22 | 35 | 55 |
| 2014–15 | 36 | 56 | 56 |
| 2015–16 | 29 | 57 | 57 |
| 2016–17 | 27 | 48 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | 40 | 63 | 66 |
| 2018–19 | 58 | 54 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 81 | 61 | 65 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 70 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | 24 | 74 | 72 |
| 2022–23 | 21 | 70 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 70 | 84 | 88 |
| 2024–25 | 64 | 77 | 80 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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