--- title: "Eardrum drainage waiting times in South Australia" description: "Public hospitals in South Australia ranked by median wait for Eardrum drainage in 2024–25." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/myringotomy/sa/" --- # Eardrum drainage waiting times in South Australia The median wait for eardrum drainage in South Australia public hospitals was **77 days** in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was **80 days**. The source publishes this surgery as "Myringotomy". Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026. 19 public hospitals in South Australia reported eardrum drainage in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first. **[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** On the compare page, pick "Myringotomy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept. 10 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked. Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 80 days marks the national median. - [Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-gambier-and-districts-health-service/myringotomy/): 29 days - [Renmark Paringa District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/renmark-paringa-district-hospital/myringotomy/): 30 days - [The Queen Elizabeth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-queen-elizabeth-hospital/myringotomy/): 33 days - [Gawler Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gawler-health-service/myringotomy/): 40 days - [Royal Adelaide Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-adelaide-hospital/myringotomy/): 63 days - [Modbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/modbury-hospital/myringotomy/): 64 days - [Flinders Medical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/flinders-medical-centre/myringotomy/): 72 days - [Women's and Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/womens-and-childrens-hospital/myringotomy/): 85 days - [Lyell McEwin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lyell-mcewin-hospital/myringotomy/): 112 days - [Ceduna District Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ceduna-district-health-service/myringotomy/): not published - [Clare Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/clare-hospital/myringotomy/): not published - [Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-barker-district-soldiers-memorial-hospital/myringotomy/): not published - [Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/murray-bridge-soldiers-memorial-hospital/myringotomy/): not published - [Noarlunga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/noarlunga-hospital/myringotomy/): not published - [Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-augusta-hospital-and-regional-health-services/myringotomy/): not published - [Port Lincoln Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-lincoln-health-service/myringotomy/): not published - [Port Pirie Regional Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-pirie-regional-health-service/myringotomy/): not published - [Riverland General Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/riverland-general-hospital/myringotomy/): not published - [South Coast District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/south-coast-district-hospital/myringotomy/): not published Myringotomy in South Australia public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28. | Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-gambier-and-districts-health-service/myringotomy/) | 29 days | not published | 18 surgeries | | 2 | [Renmark Paringa District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/renmark-paringa-district-hospital/myringotomy/) | 30 days | not published | 12 surgeries | | 3 | [The Queen Elizabeth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-queen-elizabeth-hospital/myringotomy/) | 33 days | not published | 21 surgeries | | 4 | [Gawler Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gawler-health-service/myringotomy/) | 40 days | not published | 22 surgeries | | 5 | [Royal Adelaide Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-adelaide-hospital/myringotomy/) | 63 days | not published | 13 surgeries | | 6 | [Modbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/modbury-hospital/myringotomy/) | 64 days | not published | 19 surgeries | | 7 | [Flinders Medical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/flinders-medical-centre/myringotomy/) | 72 days | 2.6% | 154 surgeries | | 8 | [Women's and Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/womens-and-childrens-hospital/myringotomy/) | 85 days | 1.8% | 219 surgeries | | 9 | [Lyell McEwin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lyell-mcewin-hospital/myringotomy/) | 112 days | 2.7% | 75 surgeries | | unranked | [Ceduna District Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ceduna-district-health-service/myringotomy/) | not published | not published | 6 surgeries | | unranked | [Clare Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/clare-hospital/myringotomy/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-barker-district-soldiers-memorial-hospital/myringotomy/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/murray-bridge-soldiers-memorial-hospital/myringotomy/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries | | unranked | [Noarlunga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/noarlunga-hospital/myringotomy/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries | | unranked | [Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-augusta-hospital-and-regional-health-services/myringotomy/) | not published | not published | 9 surgeries | | unranked | [Port Lincoln Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-lincoln-health-service/myringotomy/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries | | unranked | [Port Pirie Regional Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-pirie-regional-health-service/myringotomy/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Riverland General Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/riverland-general-hospital/myringotomy/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [South Coast District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/south-coast-district-hospital/myringotomy/) | not published | not published | not published | Ranked by area in South Australia: [near the Adelaide CBD](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/myringotomy/near/adelaide-cbd/) · [near Elizabeth Vale](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/myringotomy/near/elizabeth-vale/). **Cite this page** > The median wait for eardrum drainage in South Australia public hospitals was 77 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Eardrum drainage waiting times in South Australia", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/myringotomy/sa/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/myringotomy/sa/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/myringotomy/sa/)), 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. Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — [read what that means](https://surgerywaits.au/guides/referral-to-another-hospital/). Compare with [every other state](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/myringotomy/), or see [every surgery reported in South Australia](https://surgerywaits.au/state/sa/). ## 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/myringotomy/sa/.