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Pterygium (eye growth) removal waiting times in Victoria

The median wait for pterygium (eye growth) removal in Victoria public hospitals was 90 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.

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

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5 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 Victoria 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 Bass Coast Health 11 days not published 10 surgeries
2 University Hospital Geelong 50 days not published 41 surgeries
3 The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital 77 days 5.8% 138 surgeries
4 Broadmeadows Health Service 106 days not published 34 surgeries
5 Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre 127 days 0.0% 78 surgeries
6 Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] 130 days not published 15 surgeries
7 Yarra Ranges Health 225 days not published 12 surgeries
unranked Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] not published not published not published
unranked Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] not published not published not published
unranked Blackburn Public Surgical Centre not published not published not published
unranked Sunbury Day Hospital not published not published not published
unranked The Alfred not published not published 9 surgeries
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The median wait for pterygium (eye growth) removal in Victoria public hospitals was 90 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pterygium-excision-of/vic/), 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 Victoria.