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title: "Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) near the Sunshine Coast"
description: "Public hospitals in or near the Sunshine Coast ranked by median wait for keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy), 2024–25. Shortest wait: 96 days."
url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/laparoscopy/near/sunshine-coast/"
---

# Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) near the Sunshine Coast

Near the Sunshine Coast, [Nambour General Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nambour-general-hospital/laparoscopy/) had the shortest median wait for keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) in 2024–25: **96 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 keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy), shortest first, and by nothing else. Every hospital listed is within 120 km of every other. The source publishes this surgery as "Laparoscopy".

## Hospitals in or near the Sunshine Coast

Laparoscopy at public hospitals in or near the Sunshine Coast, 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 | [Nambour General Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nambour-general-hospital/laparoscopy/) | 96 days | 12.3% | Nambour, QLD. In this area. |
| 2 | [Sunshine Coast University Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sunshine-coast-university-hospital/laparoscopy/) | 103 days | 8.7% | Sunshine Coast, QLD. In this area. |

This area covers Caloundra Hospital, Nambour General Hospital and Sunshine Coast University Hospital: the hospitals of the source's Local Hospital Network "Sunshine Coast" within 25 km of Sunshine Coast University Hospital. 1 other hospital of the network is 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 the Sunshine Coast, Nambour General Hospital had the shortest median wait for keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) in 2024–25: 96 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Keyhole belly surgery… near the Sunshine Coast", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/laparoscopy/near/sunshine-coast/, accessed 28 May 2026.
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Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/laparoscopy/near/sunshine-coast/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/laparoscopy/near/sunshine-coast/)), 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 Queensland hospital for keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy)](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/laparoscopy/qld/), or every hospital in [Sunshine Coast](https://surgerywaits.au/health-service/sunshine-coast/).

## Before you use these figures

Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you.

**In an emergency call 000.**

Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations.

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