Pterygium (eye growth) removal waiting time at St John of God Midland Public Hospital
Half of patients at St John of God Midland Public Hospital waited 38 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 Midland 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
- 38 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 18 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 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 19 days in 2016–17 to 38 days in 2024–25 — up 100% — while the national median rose from 128 days to 197 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| St John of God Midland Public Hospital | 38 days | not published | 18 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.
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 14 km away: 91 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 15 km away: 119 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 19 km away: 63 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 20 km away: 95 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 28 km away: 248 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 30 km away: 433 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 75 km away: 83 days
Busselton Health Campus, WA · about 206 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
- St John of God Midland Public Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | St John of God Midland Public Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 19 | 62 | 128 |
| 2017–18 | 14 | 78 | 152 |
| 2018–19 | 22 | 83 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | 22 | 98 | 155 |
| 2020–21 | 44 | 150 | 230 |
| 2021–22 | 42 | 154 | 238 |
| 2022–23 | 91 | 187 | 241 |
| 2023–24 | 53 | 124 | 191 |
| 2024–25 | 38 | 140 | 197 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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