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Pterygium (eye growth) removal waiting times in Queensland

The median wait for pterygium (eye growth) removal in Queensland public hospitals was 184 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 197 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Pterygium - excision of".

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

16 public hospitals in Queensland reported pterygium (eye growth) removal in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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3 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 197 days marks the national median.

Pterygium - excision of in Queensland 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 Thursday Island Hospital 4 days not published 14 surgeries
2 Caloundra Hospital 67 days not published 48 surgeries
3 Princess Alexandra Hospital 76 days not published 17 surgeries
4 Townsville University Hospital 114 days not published 46 surgeries
5 Rockhampton Hospital 128 days not published 23 surgeries
6 Redland Hospital 160 days not published 20 surgeries
7 Robina Hospital 192 days not published 39 surgeries
8 Sunshine Coast University Hospital 196 days not published 29 surgeries
9 Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service 218 days 0.0% 127 surgeries
10 Mount Isa Base Hospital 223 days not published 10 surgeries
10 Roma Hospital 223 days not published 37 surgeries
12 Gold Coast University Hospital 229 days not published 38 surgeries
13 Mater Adult Hospital 287 days not published 48 surgeries
unranked Cairns Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Longreach Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries

Ranked by area in Queensland: near the Gold Coast · near the Sunshine Coast · near Woolloongabba.

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The median wait for pterygium (eye growth) removal in Queensland public hospitals was 184 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Pterygium (eye growth) removal waiting times in QLD", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pterygium-excision-of/qld/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pterygium-excision-of/qld/), 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. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in Queensland.