Surgery Waits

Eardrum repair waiting time at Casey Hospital

The median wait for eardrum repair — published by the source as "Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty" — at this public hospital in the Berwick area of Victoria was 144 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
144 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
54 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
31.5%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 58 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 9 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 134 days in 2011–12 to 144 days in 2024–25 — up 7% — while the national median rose from 105 days to 264 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Alfred, about 39 km away, at 97 days. Here, 31.5% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 28.3%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Casey Hospital144 days31.5%54 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)207 days34.2%322 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)264 days28.3%1627 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 264 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for myringoplasty/tympanoplasty by financial year at Casey Hospital, compared with Victoria and Australiadays01883755637502011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Casey Hospital 144VIC 207Australia 264
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodCasey Hospital (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2011–12134108105
2012–13146131123
2013–14152140128
2014–15179121137
2015–16181154173
2016–17111104170
2017–18265149195
2018–19268174200
2019–20288164214
2020–21324276292
2021–22580340259
2022–23281293283
2023–24396314267
2024–25144207264

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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