Eardrum drainage waiting time at Renmark Paringa District Hospital
Half of patients at Renmark Paringa District Hospital waited 30 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 Renmark 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
- 30 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 12 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 7 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 24 days in 2023–24 to 30 days in 2024–25 — up 25% — while the national median fell from 88 days to 80 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renmark Paringa District Hospital | 30 days | not published | 12 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.
Gawler Health Service, SA · about 189 km away: 40 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 201 km away: 112 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 202 km away: 64 days
Women's and Children's Hospital, SA · about 213 km away: 85 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 215 km away: 63 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 218 km away: 33 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 221 km away: 72 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Renmark Paringa District Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Renmark Paringa District Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not published | 43 | 49 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 42 | 49 |
| 2013–14 | not published | 35 | 55 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 56 | 56 |
| 2015–16 | not published | 57 | 57 |
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 48 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 63 | 66 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 54 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 61 | 65 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 70 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 74 | 72 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 70 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 24 | 84 | 88 |
| 2024–25 | 30 | 77 | 80 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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