Pterygium (eye growth) removal waiting time at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Half of patients at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital waited 95 days or less for pterygium (eye growth) removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Pterygium - excision of". This public hospital is in the Kings Park area of Western 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
- 95 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 65 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 16 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 69 days in 2016–17 to 95 days in 2024–25 — up 38% — while the national median rose from 128 days to 197 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Osborne Park Hospital, about 9 km away, at 63 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital | 95 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 140 days | 11.1% | 621 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 197 days | 15.7% | 2442 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 197 days marks the national median.
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 5 km away: 119 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 9 km away: 63 days
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 11 km away: 91 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 12 km away: 433 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 20 km away: 38 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 26 km away: 248 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 63 km away: 83 days
Busselton Health Campus, WA · about 193 km away: 202 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 69 | 62 | 128 |
| 2017–18 | 69 | 78 | 152 |
| 2018–19 | 63 | 83 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | 87 | 98 | 155 |
| 2020–21 | 58 | 150 | 230 |
| 2021–22 | 72 | 154 | 238 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 187 | 241 |
| 2023–24 | 68 | 124 | 191 |
| 2024–25 | 95 | 140 | 197 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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