Gallbladder removal waiting time at Kununurra Hospital
Median wait, long waits and volumes for gallbladder removal — published by the source as “Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)” — at this public hospital in the Kununurra area of Western Australia, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
- Median wait
- 90 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 12 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 176 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 156 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 63 days in 2011–12 to 90 days in 2024–25 — up 43% — while the national median fell from 51 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Palmerston Regional Hospital, about 441 km away, at 49 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kununurra Hospital | 90 days | not published | 12 surgeries |
| Northern Territory (all public hospitals) | 42 days | 0.0% | 118 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 58 days | 3.1% | 1780 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 48 days | 2.3% | 18067 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.
How the wait has changed
- Kununurra Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Kununurra Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 63 | 28 | 51 |
| 2012–13 | 39 | 29 | 50 |
| 2013–14 | 70 | 27 | 46 |
| 2014–15 | 36 | 32 | 43 |
| 2015–16 | 60 | 29 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | not published | 35 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 72 | 40 | 45 |
| 2018–19 | 54 | 42 | 45 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 46 | 48 |
| 2020–21 | 26 | 53 | 56 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 53 | 53 |
| 2022–23 | 45 | 62 | 59 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 51 | 46 |
| 2024–25 | 90 | 58 | 48 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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