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Armpit lymph node removal near Murdoch

Near Murdoch, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, just outside the area, had the shortest median wait for armpit lymph node removal in 2024–25: 13 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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

3 public hospitals are ranked here by the median wait the source published for armpit lymph node removal, shortest first, and by nothing else. Every hospital listed is within 120 km of every other. 1 hospital sits just outside this area, within about 25 km of one of its hospitals, and is included because a referral can cross the line. The source publishes this surgery as "Axillary node dissection".

Hospitals in or near Murdoch

Axillary node dissection at public hospitals in or near Murdoch, 2024–25, by median wait. Hospitals with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Median wait Waited more than 365 days Where
1 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital 13 days not published Kings Park, WA. Outside this area, about 12 km from Fremantle Hospital and Health Service.
2 Fremantle Hospital and Health Service 17 days not published Fremantle, WA. In this area.
3 Fiona Stanley Hospital 20 days not published Murdoch, WA. In this area.

This area covers Fiona Stanley Hospital and Fremantle Hospital and Health Service: the hospitals of the source's Local Hospital Network "South Metropolitan Health Service (WA)" within 25 km of Fiona Stanley Hospital. 2 other hospitals of the network are farther away and not part of this area. Distances are straight lines between hospital locations, rounded to the nearest kilometre; they are not travel distances. A shorter median does not mean a hospital will see you sooner: your urgency category and your specialist decide that.

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Near Murdoch, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, just outside the area, had the shortest median wait for armpit lymph node removal in 2024–25: 13 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Armpit lymph node removal near Murdoch: hospital waits", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/axillary-node-dissection/near/murdoch/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/axillary-node-dissection/near/murdoch/), 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.

See every Western Australia hospital for armpit lymph node removal, or every hospital in South Metropolitan Health Service.