Inguinal hernia repair near Prahran
Near Prahran, Sandringham Hospital had the shortest median wait for inguinal hernia repair in 2024–25: 21 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 inguinal hernia repair, 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. 1 children's hospital nearby is left out, because it treats only children. The source publishes this surgery as "Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy".
Hospitals in or near Prahran
| Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandringham Hospital | 21 days | 0.0% | Sandringham, VIC. In this area. |
| 2 | The Alfred | 49 days | 0.0% | Prahran, VIC. In this area. |
| 3 | Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] | 101 days | 11.5% | Carlton, VIC. Outside this area, about 6 km from The Alfred. |
This area covers Sandringham Hospital and The Alfred: the hospitals of the source's Local Hospital Network "Alfred Health (Vic)". 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 Prahran, Sandringham Hospital had the shortest median wait for inguinal hernia repair in 2024–25: 21 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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Surgery Waits, "Inguinal hernia repair near Prahran: hospital waits", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/inguinal-hernia-repair/near/prahran/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/inguinal-hernia-repair/near/prahran/), 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 Victoria hospital for inguinal hernia repair, or every hospital in Alfred Health.