Eardrum drainage waiting time at St George Hospital NSW
Half of patients at St George Hospital NSW waited 91 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 Kogarah area of New South Wales.
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
- 91 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 15 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 45 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 41 days in 2011–12 to 91 days in 2024–25 — up 122% — while the national median rose from 49 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 10 km away, at 46 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Myringotomy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| St George Hospital NSW | 91 days | not published | 15 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 120 days | 10.3% | 1537 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.
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 6 km away: 265 days
Sutherland Hospital, NSW · about 8 km away: 102 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 10 km away: 46 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 11 km away: 102 days
Sydney Children's Hospital, NSW · about 11 km away: 137 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 11 km away: 307 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 86 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 17 km away: 90 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- St George Hospital NSW
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | St George Hospital NSW (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 41 | 76 | 49 |
| 2012–13 | 22 | 68 | 49 |
| 2013–14 | not published | 71 | 55 |
| 2014–15 | not published | 78 | 56 |
| 2015–16 | not published | 69 | 57 |
| 2016–17 | 13 | 73 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 73 | 66 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 84 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 29 | 86 | 65 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 98 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 79 | 72 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 92 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 36 | 106 | 88 |
| 2024–25 | 91 | 120 | 80 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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