Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) waiting time at Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) at this public hospital, 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: 173 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 810 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 2.5%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 132 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 80 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service	173 days	2.5%	810 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	84 days	9.0%	9054 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	68 days	4.7%	21008 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	106 days	11.5%	87841 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 106 days marks the national median.

South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]VIC · about 161 km away97 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 271 km away21 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 316 km away29 days
South Coast District HospitalSA · about 316 km away17 days
The Bendigo HospitalVIC · about 331 km away234 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 348 km away211 days
Sunbury Day HospitalVIC · about 348 km away174 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 354 km away211 days

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. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	70	78	89
2012–13	161	82	89
2013–14	188	78	79
2014–15	246	99	83
2015–16	231	119	93
2016–17	18	93	85
2017–18	17	97	87
2018–19	14	106	84
2019–20	23	107	98
2020–21	19	145	172
2021–22	15	120	158
2022–23	18	75	133
2023–24	53	76	119
2024–25	173	84	106

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

All surgery at Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) across Australia · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) in South Australia