Gallbladder removal near St Albans
Near St Albans, Sunshine Hospital had the shortest median wait for gallbladder removal in 2024–25: 25 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
5 public hospitals are ranked here by the median wait the source published for gallbladder removal, shortest first, and by nothing else. Every hospital listed is within 120 km of every other. 2 hospitals sit just outside this area, within about 25 km of one of its hospitals, and are included because a referral can cross the line. 1 children's hospital nearby is left out, because it treats only children. The source publishes this surgery as "Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)".
Hospitals in or near St Albans
| Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunshine Hospital | 25 days | 0.0% | St Albans, VIC. In this area. |
| 2 | St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] | 27 days | 0.0% | Fitzroy, VIC. Outside this area, about 8 km from Western Hospital [Footscray]. |
| 3 | Williamstown Hospital | 48 days | 0.0% | Williamstown, VIC. In this area. |
| 4 | Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] | 50 days | 5.7% | Carlton, VIC. Outside this area, about 6 km from Western Hospital [Footscray]. |
| 4 | Western Hospital [Footscray] | 50 days | 0.0% | Footscray, VIC. In this area. |
This area covers Sunbury Day Hospital, Sunshine Hospital, Western Hospital [Footscray] and Williamstown Hospital: the hospitals of the source's Local Hospital Network "Western Health (Vic)" within 25 km of Sunshine Hospital. 1 other hospital of the network is 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 St Albans, Sunshine Hospital had the shortest median wait for gallbladder removal in 2024–25: 25 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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Surgery Waits, "Gallbladder removal near St Albans: hospital waits", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/gallbladder-removal/near/st-albans/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/gallbladder-removal/near/st-albans/), 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.
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