Eardrum drainage waiting time at Northeast Health Wangaratta
Half of patients at Northeast Health Wangaratta waited 197 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 Wangaratta 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
- 197 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 13 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 68 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 49 days in 2011–12 to 197 days in 2024–25 — up 302% — while the national median rose from 49 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus], about 56 km away, at 31 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Myringotomy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast Health Wangaratta | 197 days | not published | 13 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 120 days | 10.3% | 1537 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 69 days | 4.7% | 1610 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.
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus], VIC · about 56 km away: 31 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], VIC · about 81 km away: 23 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 167 km away: 357 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 185 km away: 71 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 192 km away: 293 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 192 km away: 314 days
Angliss Hospital, VIC · about 193 km away: 99 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 194 km away: 91 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 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. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Northeast Health Wangaratta
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Northeast Health Wangaratta (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 49 | 49 | 49 |
| 2012–13 | 32 | 51 | 49 |
| 2013–14 | 46 | 61 | 55 |
| 2014–15 | 41 | 47 | 56 |
| 2015–16 | 25 | 52 | 57 |
| 2016–17 | 30 | 50 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | 29 | 60 | 66 |
| 2018–19 | 26 | 42 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 73 | 42 | 65 |
| 2020–21 | 40 | 63 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 57 | 72 |
| 2022–23 | 45 | 78 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 85 | 79 | 88 |
| 2024–25 | 197 | 69 | 80 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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