Tonsillectomy waiting time at Renmark Paringa District Hospital
Half of patients at Renmark Paringa District Hospital waited 29 days or less for tonsillectomy in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)". 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
- 29 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 23 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 114 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 4 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 26 days in 2011–12 to 29 days in 2024–25 — up 12% — while the national median rose from 98 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Riverland General Hospital, about 18 km away, at 26 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renmark Paringa District Hospital | 29 days | not published | 23 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 111 days | 11.4% | 1161 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 182 days | 17.0% | 16182 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 182 days marks the national median.
Riverland General Hospital, SA · about 18 km away: 26 days
Gawler Health Service, SA · about 189 km away: 267 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 201 km away: 120 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 202 km away: 212 days
Women's and Children's Hospital, SA · about 213 km away: 97 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 215 km away: 165 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 218 km away: 75 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 221 km away: 330 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 | 26 | 64 | 98 |
| 2012–13 | 52 | 69 | 98 |
| 2013–14 | 4 | 71 | 99 |
| 2014–15 | 32 | 76 | 124 |
| 2015–16 | 39 | 87 | 120 |
| 2016–17 | 32 | 67 | 97 |
| 2017–18 | 27 | 86 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | 29 | 84 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | 29 | 92 | 130 |
| 2020–21 | 29 | 98 | 253 |
| 2021–22 | 57 | 138 | 168 |
| 2022–23 | 82 | 118 | 174 |
| 2023–24 | 28 | 140 | 185 |
| 2024–25 | 29 | 111 | 182 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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