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Gallbladder removal near Wollongong

Near Wollongong, Wollongong Hospital had the shortest median wait for gallbladder removal in 2024–25: 20 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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

2 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. The source publishes this surgery as "Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)".

Hospitals in or near Wollongong

Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) at public hospitals in or near Wollongong, 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 Wollongong Hospital 20 days 1.0% Wollongong, NSW. In this area.
2 Shellharbour Hospital 43 days 0.0% Shellharbour City Centre, NSW. In this area.

This area covers Bulli Hospital, Shellharbour Hospital and Wollongong Hospital: the hospitals of the source's Local Hospital Network "Illawarra Shoalhaven" within 25 km of Wollongong Hospital. 2 other hospitals of the network are farther away and not part of this area. 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 Wollongong, Wollongong Hospital had the shortest median wait for gallbladder removal in 2024–25: 20 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Gallbladder removal near Wollongong: hospital waits", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/gallbladder-removal/near/wollongong/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/gallbladder-removal/near/wollongong/), 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 New South Wales hospital for gallbladder removal, or every hospital in Illawarra Shoalhaven.