Kidney drainage blockage repair waiting time at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]
Half of patients at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] waited 54 days or less for kidney drainage blockage repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Pyeloplasty/correction of ureteropelvic junction". This public hospital is in the Carlton 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
- 54 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 14 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 22 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 15 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 96 days in 2019–20 to 54 days in 2024–25 — down 44% — while the national median stayed at 41 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], about 1 km away, at 29 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] | 54 days | not published | 14 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 30 days | 6.3% | 224 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 41 days | 4.7% | 598 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 41 days marks the national median.
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 1 km away: 29 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 2 km away: 28 days
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 2 km away: 61 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 14 km away: 25 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 23 km away: 27 days
Casey Hospital, VIC · about 44 km away: 101 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 24 | 33 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 27 | 42 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 24 | 38 |
| 2019–20 | 96 | 25 | 41 |
| 2020–21 | 68 | 28 | 41 |
| 2021–22 | 43 | 25 | 32 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 25 | 39 |
| 2023–24 | 57 | 27 | 35 |
| 2024–25 | 54 | 30 | 41 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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