ACL reconstruction waiting time at Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service
Median wait, long waits and volumes for ACL reconstruction — published by the source as “Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction” — at this public hospital in the Mount Gambier area of South 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
- 42 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 23 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 108 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 14 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 34 days in 2021–22 to 42 days in 2024–25 — up 24% — while the national median fell from 89 days to 81 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service | 42 days | not published | 23 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 66 days | 2.2% | 271 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 68 days | 4.7% | 944 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 81 days | 5.7% | 4122 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 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
- Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 62 | 78 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 71 | 78 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 79 | 82 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 78 | 82 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 77 | 97 |
| 2021–22 | 34 | 92 | 89 |
| 2022–23 | 14 | 101 | 95 |
| 2023–24 | 31 | 71 | 82 |
| 2024–25 | 42 | 66 | 81 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service · ACL reconstruction across Australia · ACL reconstruction in South Australia