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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.

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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.

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 25 days not published 16 surgeries
2 Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] 27 days not published 14 surgeries
3 St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] 28 days not published 47 surgeries
4 Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] 29 days not published 40 surgeries
5 Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] 54 days not published 14 surgeries
6 St Vincent's On the Park 61 days not published 33 surgeries
7 Casey Hospital 101 days not published 10 surgeries
unranked Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Frankston Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] not published not published not published
unranked The Alfred not published not published not published
unranked The Bendigo Hospital not published not published not published
unranked The Northern Hospital [Epping] not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked University Hospital Geelong not published not published not published
unranked Werribee Mercy Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Western Hospital [Footscray] not published not published not published
unranked Williamstown Hospital not published not published not published

Ranked by area in Victoria: near Clayton · near Fitzroy.

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The median wait for kidney drainage blockage repair in Victoria public hospitals was 30 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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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/), 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.