Gallbladder removal waiting time at Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services
Half of patients at Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services waited 34 days or less for gallbladder removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)". This public hospital is in the Port Augusta 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
- 34 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 176 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 38 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here is unchanged from 2011–12 (34 days) — while the national median fell from 51 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Gawler Health Service, about 249 km away, at 19 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services | 34 days | not published | 19 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 58 days | 2.9% | 1396 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 48 days | 2.3% | 18067 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 48 days marks the national median.
Whyalla Hospital and Health Services, SA · about 61 km away: 57 days
Port Pirie Regional Health Service, SA · about 77 km away: 97 days
Gawler Health Service, SA · about 249 km away: 19 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 262 km away: 80 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 272 km away: 95 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 273 km away: 87 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 278 km away: 119 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 289 km away: 32 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 34 | 42 | 51 |
| 2012–13 | 21 | 30 | 50 |
| 2013–14 | 28 | 34 | 46 |
| 2014–15 | 26 | 35 | 43 |
| 2015–16 | 27 | 39 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 21 | 37 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 16 | 40 | 45 |
| 2018–19 | 16 | 43 | 45 |
| 2019–20 | 22 | 49 | 48 |
| 2020–21 | 35 | 56 | 56 |
| 2021–22 | 19 | 64 | 53 |
| 2022–23 | 16 | 51 | 59 |
| 2023–24 | 26 | 45 | 46 |
| 2024–25 | 34 | 58 | 48 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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