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Hiatus hernia repair waiting times in Victoria

The median wait for hiatus hernia repair in Victoria public hospitals was 57 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 88 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia".

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

19 public hospitals in Victoria reported hiatus hernia repair in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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13 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 88 days marks the national median.

Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia 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 Sandringham Hospital 23 days not published 34 surgeries
2 The Alfred 40 days 0.0% 61 surgeries
3 Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] 54 days not published 17 surgeries
4 Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] 62 days not published 19 surgeries
5 Frankston Hospital 71 days not published 13 surgeries
6 Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] 109 days 1.9% 53 surgeries
unranked Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] not published not published not published
unranked Angliss Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Box Hill Hospital not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh] not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] not published not published not published
unranked Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] not published not published not published
unranked Northeast Health Wangaratta not published not published not published
unranked Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre not published not published not published
unranked Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Sunshine Hospital not published not published not published
unranked The Bendigo 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 Heidelberg · near Prahran.

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The median wait for hiatus hernia repair in Victoria public hospitals was 57 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Hiatus hernia repair waiting times in Victoria", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/repair-of-obstructing-hiatus-hernia/vic/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/repair-of-obstructing-hiatus-hernia/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.