--- title: "Shock wave stone treatment near Woolloongabba" description: "Public hospitals in or near Woolloongabba ranked by median wait for shock wave stone treatment, 2024–25. Shortest wait: 23 days." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/lithotripsy/near/woolloongabba/" --- # Shock wave stone treatment near Woolloongabba Near Woolloongabba, [Princess Alexandra Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/princess-alexandra-hospital/lithotripsy/) had the shortest median wait for shock wave stone treatment in 2024–25: **23 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 shock wave stone treatment, 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 "Lithotripsy". ## Hospitals in or near Woolloongabba Lithotripsy at public hospitals in or near Woolloongabba, 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 | [Princess Alexandra Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/princess-alexandra-hospital/lithotripsy/) | 23 days | 3.8% | Woolloongabba, QLD. In this area. | | 2 | [Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/queen-elizabeth-ii-jubilee-hospital/lithotripsy/) | 104 days | not published | Robertson, QLD. In this area. | | 3 | [Mater Adult Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mater-adult-hospital/lithotripsy/) | 147 days | not published | Dutton Park, QLD. Outside this area, about 2 km from Princess Alexandra Hospital. | This area covers Logan Hospital, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital and Redland Hospital: the hospitals of the source's Local Hospital Network "Metro South (Qld)" within 25 km of Princess Alexandra 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. **Cite this page** > Near Woolloongabba, Princess Alexandra Hospital had the shortest median wait for shock wave stone treatment in 2024–25: 23 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Shock wave stone treatment near Woolloongabba", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/lithotripsy/near/woolloongabba/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/lithotripsy/near/woolloongabba/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/lithotripsy/near/woolloongabba/)), 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 shock wave stone treatment](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/lithotripsy/qld/), or every hospital in [Metro South](https://surgerywaits.au/health-service/metro-south/). ## 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. Surgery Waits is published by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). * * * This is the Markdown copy of https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/lithotripsy/near/woolloongabba/.