Laparoscopy waiting time at Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Laparoscopy 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: 60 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 57 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.0%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 149 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 59 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 Laparoscopy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service	60 days	0.0%	57 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	104 days	13.7%	737 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	53 days	2.5%	3279 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	69 days	5.4%	9403 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 69 days marks the national median.

South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]VIC · about 161 km away78 days
South West Healthcare [Camperdown]VIC · about 211 km away91 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 271 km away35 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 316 km away34 days
South Coast District HospitalSA · about 316 km away41 days
Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh]VIC · about 321 km away45 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 327 km away147 days
The Bendigo HospitalVIC · about 331 km away84 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 Laparoscopy, 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 published	50	47
2017–18	14	63	51
2018–19	15	84	57
2019–20	30	88	64
2020–21	29	101	79
2021–22	28	137	78
2022–23	40	113	82
2023–24	49	90	69
2024–25	60	104	69

What is not here

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

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