Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) waiting time at Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital
Half of patients at Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital waited 196 days or less for keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Laparoscopy". This public hospital is in the Mount Barker 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
- 196 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 55 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 149 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 141 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 13 days in 2017–18 to 196 days in 2024–25 — up 1408% — while the national median rose from 51 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Flinders Medical Centre, about 28 km away, at 130 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.4%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital | 196 days | 0.0% | 55 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 104 days | 13.7% | 737 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 69 days | 5.4% | 9403 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 69 days marks the national median.
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 28 km away: 130 days
Women's and Children's Hospital, SA · about 31 km away: 85 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 32 km away: 328 days
Noarlunga Hospital, SA · about 34 km away: 149 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 38 km away: 147 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 38 km away: 155 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 42 km away: 112 days
South Coast District Hospital, SA · about 58 km away: 41 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 50 | 47 |
| 2017–18 | 13 | 63 | 51 |
| 2018–19 | 41 | 84 | 57 |
| 2019–20 | 61 | 88 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | 227 | 101 | 79 |
| 2021–22 | 204 | 137 | 78 |
| 2022–23 | 160 | 113 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 141 | 90 | 69 |
| 2024–25 | 196 | 104 | 69 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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