--- title: "Kidney drainage blockage repair waiting times in Victoria" description: "Public hospitals in Victoria ranked by median wait for Kidney drainage blockage repair in 2024–25." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/vic/" --- # Kidney drainage blockage repair waiting times in Victoria The median wait for kidney drainage blockage repair in Victoria public hospitals was **30 days** in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was **41 days**. The source publishes this surgery as "Pyeloplasty/correction of ureteropelvic junction". Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026. 18 public hospitals in Victoria reported kidney drainage blockage repair 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 "Pyeloplasty/correction of ureteropelvic junction" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept. 11 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 41 days marks the national median. - [Box Hill Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/box-hill-hospital/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/): 25 days - [Monash Medical Centre \[Clayton\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/monash-medical-centre-clayton/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/): 27 days - [St Vincent's Hospital \[Melbourne\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-vincents-hospital-melbourne/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/): 28 days - [Royal Children's Hospital \[Parkville\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/): 29 days - [Royal Melbourne Hospital \[City Campus\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-melbourne-hospital-city-campus/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/): 54 days - [St Vincent's On the Park](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-vincents-on-the-park/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/): 61 days - [Casey Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/casey-hospital/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/): 101 days - [Austin Hospital \[Heidelberg\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/austin-hospital-heidelberg/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/): not published - [Ballarat Health Services \[Base Hospital\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ballarat-health-services-base-hospital/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/): not published - [Frankston Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/frankston-hospital/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/): not published - [Goulburn Valley Health \[Shepparton\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/goulburn-valley-health-shepparton/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/): not published - [The Alfred](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-alfred/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/): not published - [The Bendigo Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-bendigo-hospital/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/): not published - [The Northern Hospital \[Epping\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-northern-hospital-epping/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/): not published - [University Hospital Geelong](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/university-hospital-geelong/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/): not published - [Werribee Mercy Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/werribee-mercy-hospital/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/): not published - [Western Hospital \[Footscray\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/western-hospital-footscray/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/): not published - [Williamstown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/): not published Pyeloplasty/correction of ureteropelvic junction 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 | [Box Hill Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/box-hill-hospital/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/) | 25 days | not published | 16 surgeries | | 2 | [Monash Medical Centre \[Clayton\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/monash-medical-centre-clayton/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/) | 27 days | not published | 14 surgeries | | 3 | [St Vincent's Hospital \[Melbourne\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-vincents-hospital-melbourne/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/) | 28 days | not published | 47 surgeries | | 4 | [Royal Children's Hospital \[Parkville\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/) | 29 days | not published | 40 surgeries | | 5 | [Royal Melbourne Hospital \[City Campus\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-melbourne-hospital-city-campus/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/) | 54 days | not published | 14 surgeries | | 6 | [St Vincent's On the Park](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-vincents-on-the-park/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/) | 61 days | not published | 33 surgeries | | 7 | [Casey Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/casey-hospital/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/) | 101 days | not published | 10 surgeries | | unranked | [Austin Hospital \[Heidelberg\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/austin-hospital-heidelberg/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/) | not published | not published | 6 surgeries | | unranked | [Ballarat Health Services \[Base Hospital\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ballarat-health-services-base-hospital/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/) | not published | not published | 9 surgeries | | unranked | [Frankston Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/frankston-hospital/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Goulburn Valley Health \[Shepparton\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/goulburn-valley-health-shepparton/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [The Alfred](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-alfred/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [The Bendigo Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-bendigo-hospital/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [The Northern Hospital \[Epping\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-northern-hospital-epping/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/) | not published | not published | 8 surgeries | | unranked | [University Hospital Geelong](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/university-hospital-geelong/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Werribee Mercy Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/werribee-mercy-hospital/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Western Hospital \[Footscray\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/western-hospital-footscray/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Williamstown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/) | not published | not published | not published | Ranked by area in Victoria: [near Clayton](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/near/clayton/) · [near Fitzroy](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/near/fitzroy/). **Cite this page** > The median wait for kidney drainage blockage repair in Victoria public hospitals was 30 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Kidney drainage blockage repair waiting times in VIC", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/vic/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/vic/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/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](https://surgerywaits.au/guides/referral-to-another-hospital/). Compare with [every other state](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/), or see [every surgery reported in Victoria](https://surgerywaits.au/state/vic/). ## 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. 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