Gallbladder removal waiting time at Riverland General Hospital
Half of patients at Riverland General Hospital waited 48 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 Berri 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
- 48 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 41 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 72 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 30 days in 2011–12 to 48 days in 2024–25 — up 60% — 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 173 km away, at 19 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverland General Hospital | 48 days | not published | 41 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.
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 154 km away: 69 days
Gawler Health Service, SA · about 173 km away: 19 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 182 km away: 32 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 185 km away: 80 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 186 km away: 95 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 198 km away: 119 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 201 km away: 87 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 204 km away: 32 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Riverland General Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Riverland General Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 30 | 42 | 51 |
| 2012–13 | 19 | 30 | 50 |
| 2013–14 | 42 | 34 | 46 |
| 2014–15 | 33 | 35 | 43 |
| 2015–16 | 35 | 39 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 44 | 37 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 43 | 40 | 45 |
| 2018–19 | 45 | 43 | 45 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 49 | 48 |
| 2020–21 | 32 | 56 | 56 |
| 2021–22 | 36 | 64 | 53 |
| 2022–23 | 25 | 51 | 59 |
| 2023–24 | 29 | 45 | 46 |
| 2024–25 | 48 | 58 | 48 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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