Surgery Waits

Pterygium (eye growth) removal waiting times in Western Australia

The median wait for pterygium (eye growth) removal in Western Australia public hospitals was 140 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.

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

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6 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 Western 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 Karratha Health Campus 33 days not published 21 surgeries
2 St John of God Midland Public Hospital 38 days not published 18 surgeries
3 Osborne Park Hospital 63 days 6.0% 50 surgeries
4 Esperance Hospital 73 days not published 17 surgeries
5 Peel Health Campus 83 days 4.2% 71 surgeries
6 Bentley Health Service 91 days 1.4% 71 surgeries
7 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital 95 days not published 10 surgeries
8 Geraldton Hospital 119 days not published 49 surgeries
8 Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus 119 days not published 26 surgeries
10 Busselton Health Campus 202 days 1.5% 68 surgeries
11 Kununurra Hospital 227 days not published 18 surgeries
12 Broome Hospital 238 days not published 27 surgeries
13 Joondalup Health Campus (Public) 248 days not published 21 surgeries
14 Kalgoorlie Health Campus 256 days not published 20 surgeries
15 Albany Hospital 327 days not published 14 surgeries
16 Fremantle Hospital and Health Service 433 days 59.8% 87 surgeries
unranked Derby Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Hedland Health Campus not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Katanning Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Narrogin Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Northam Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Perth Children's Hospital not published not published not published

Ranked by area in Western Australia: near Nedlands · near the Perth CBD.

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The median wait for pterygium (eye growth) removal in Western Australia public hospitals was 140 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pterygium-excision-of/wa/), 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 Western Australia.