Herniorrhaphy waiting time at Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Herniorrhaphy 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: 71 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 19 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 169 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 49 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 Herniorrhaphy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service	71 days	not published	19 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	92 days	11.3%	398 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	56 days	3.6%	3381 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	86 days	6.9%	12195 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 86 days marks the national median.

South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]VIC · about 161 km away114 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 271 km away62 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 316 km away32 days
Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh]VIC · about 321 km away111 days
The Bendigo HospitalVIC · about 331 km away94 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 344 km away125 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 354 km away124 days
Noarlunga HospitalSA · about 360 km away78 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 Herniorrhaphy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	not reported for this period	45	63
2017–18	not reported for this period	54	67
2018–19	not published	51	69
2019–20	not published	78	78
2020–21	not published	97	92
2021–22	not published	105	97
2022–23	44	97	108
2023–24	not published	95	87
2024–25	71	92	86

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 · Herniorrhaphy across Australia · Herniorrhaphy in South Australia