Pterygium (eye growth) removal waiting time at Wagga Wagga Hospital
Half of patients at Wagga Wagga Hospital waited 351 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 Turvey Park 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
- 351 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 53 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 243 days in 2016–17 to 351 days in 2024–25 — up 44% — while the national median rose from 128 days to 197 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Bathurst Base Hospital, about 279 km away, at 318 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagga Wagga Hospital | 351 days | not published | 18 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 346 days | 32.1% | 735 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 90 days | 3.4% | 348 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.
Orange Health Service, NSW · about 256 km away: 351 days
Bathurst Base Hospital, NSW · about 279 km away: 318 days
Blue Mountains Hospital, NSW · about 314 km away: 290 days
Shellharbour Hospital, NSW · about 324 km away: 360 days
Dubbo Hospital, NSW · about 341 km away: 345 days
Yarra Ranges Health, VIC · about 344 km away: 225 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 353 km away: 443 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 359 km away: 130 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Wagga Wagga Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wagga Wagga Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 243 | 260 | 128 |
| 2017–18 | 216 | 277 | 152 |
| 2018–19 | 229 | 275 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | 287 | 315 | 155 |
| 2020–21 | 329 | 331 | 230 |
| 2021–22 | 343 | 306 | 238 |
| 2022–23 | 406 | 329 | 241 |
| 2023–24 | 347 | 317 | 191 |
| 2024–25 | 351 | 346 | 197 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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