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title: "Thursday Island Hospital surgery waiting times"
description: "Planned surgery waiting times and waiting list at Thursday Island Hospital, a public hospital in the Thursday Island area of Queensland, for 2024–25."
url: "https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/thursday-island-hospital/"
---

# Thursday Island Hospital surgery waiting times

In 2024–25, this public hospital in the Thursday Island area of Queensland published median waits from **1 day** for gallbladder removal to **4 days** for pterygium (eye growth) removal.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

Thursday Island Hospital is a public hospital in the Thursday Island area of Queensland. It is part of [Torres and Cape](https://surgerywaits.au/health-service/torres-and-cape/). It reported 16 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 19 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.

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## Waiting times by surgery

Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one.

Planned surgery at Thursday Island Hospital, 2024–25. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.

| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/thursday-island-hospital/gallbladder-removal/) | 1 day | 12 surgeries | not published |
| [Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/thursday-island-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) | 1 day | 10 surgeries | not published |
| [Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/thursday-island-hospital/cataract-surgery/) | 4 days | 44 surgeries | not published |
| [Pterygium - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/thursday-island-hospital/pterygium-excision-of/) | 4 days | 14 surgeries | not published |
| [Adenoidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/thursday-island-hospital/adenoidectomy/) | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| [Branchial apparatus remnant - removal of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/thursday-island-hospital/branchial-apparatus-remnant-removal-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Circumcision](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/thursday-island-hospital/circumcision/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Curettage and evacuation of uterus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/thursday-island-hospital/curettage-and-evacuation-of-uterus/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Herniorrhaphy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/thursday-island-hospital/hernia-repair/) | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| [Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/thursday-island-hospital/inguinal-hernia-repair/) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| [Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/thursday-island-hospital/lletz-procedure/) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| [Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/thursday-island-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| [Myringotomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/thursday-island-hospital/myringotomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/thursday-island-hospital/myringotomy-without-insertion-of-grommets/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/thursday-island-hospital/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Skin lesion - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/thursday-island-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |

**Not reported for this period**

| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carpal tunnel release last reported 2019–20 | not reported |  |  |
| Corneal graft last reported 2016–17 | not reported |  |  |
| Dialysis access surgery last reported 2017–18 | not reported |  |  |
| Examination of eye under anaesthesia last reported 2017–18 | not reported |  |  |
| Female sterilisation last reported 2019–20 | not reported |  |  |
| Ganglion - excision of last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Haemorrhoidectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Hydrocele - repair of last reported 2020–21 | not reported |  |  |
| Laparoscopy last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Mastectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Orchidectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery last reported 2018–19 | not reported |  |  |
| Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of last reported 2018–19 | not reported |  |  |
| Procedure for strabismus (squint repair) last reported 2016–17 | not reported |  |  |
| Toenail surgery last reported 2021–22 | not reported |  |  |
| Trigger finger/thumb release last reported 2018–19 | not reported |  |  |
| Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) last reported 2021–22 | not reported |  |  |

## Urgency categories

Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose. [What the categories mean, and how every hospital compares.](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/)

All planned surgery at Thursday Island Hospital by urgency category, 2024–25.

| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-1/qld/) | 1 day | 100% | 13 surgeries |
| [Semi-urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-2/qld/) | 1 day | 100% | 31 surgeries |
| [Non-urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-3/qld/) | 2 days | 100% | 110 surgeries |

## Queensland's own quarterly figures

Queensland Health publishes its own figures every three months. They count differently from the national figures above and are never combined with them. This quarter ends after the national reporting period, so it is the more recent of the two.

These figures count patients, not surgeries, and they are a snapshot of one quarter. The table above covers a whole financial year. Comparing a number from one table with a number from the other does not tell you anything.

Covers July to September 2025, published by Queensland Health on 28 October 2025. Reported as Thursday Island.

Planned surgery at Thursday Island Hospital by urgency category, July to September 2025.

| Group | Patients treated | Treated within the recommended time | Still waiting at the end of the quarter | Waiting longer than recommended |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| All planned surgery at this hospital | 32 patients | 100.0% | 17 patients | 1 patient |
| Category 1 — urgent (recommended within 30 days) | 7 patients | 100.0% | 0 patients | 0 patients |
| Category 2 — semi-urgent (recommended within 90 days) | 15 patients | 100.0% | 0 patients | 0 patients |
| Category 3 — non-urgent (recommended within 365 days) | 10 patients | 100.0% | 17 patients | 1 patient |

### By surgical specialty

Queensland reports by surgical specialty, not by procedure. A specialty covers many different operations, so a specialty figure is never a figure for any one of them.

Planned surgery at Thursday Island Hospital by surgical specialty, July to September 2025.

| Group | Patients treated | Treated within the recommended time | Still waiting at the end of the quarter | Waiting longer than recommended |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ENT surgery | 7 patients | 100.0% | not published | not published |
| General surgery | 13 patients | 100.0% | 4 patients | 0 patients |
| Gynaecology | 12 patients | 100.0% | 1 patient | 0 patients |
| Ophthalmology | 0 patients | not published | 12 patients | 1 patient |

**Cite this page**

> In 2024–25, Thursday Island Hospital published median planned-surgery waits from 1 day for gallbladder removal to 4 days for pterygium (eye growth) removal (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Thursday Island Hospital wait times and waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/thursday-island-hospital/, accessed 28 May 2026.
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Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/thursday-island-hospital/](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/thursday-island-hospital/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

## What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

[How these figures are put together](https://surgerywaits.au/methodology/) · [All surgery waits in Queensland](https://surgerywaits.au/state/qld/) · [All hospitals](https://surgerywaits.au/hospitals/)

## Before you use these figures

Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you.

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Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations.

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