Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Riverland General Hospital

The median wait for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as "Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy" — at this public hospital in the Berri area of South Australia was 61 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

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

Median wait: 61 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 46 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 186 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 64 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 25 days in 2011–12 to 61 days in 2024–25 — up 144% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Angaston District Hospital, about 144 km away, at 35 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Riverland General Hospital	61 days	not published	46 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	74 days	4.7%	1092 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	73 days	5.0%	16694 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 73 days marks the national median.

Angaston District HospitalSA · about 144 km away35 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 154 km away55 days
Gawler Health ServiceSA · about 173 km away48 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 182 km away49 days
Lyell McEwin HospitalSA · about 185 km away100 days
Modbury HospitalSA · about 186 km away103 days
Clare HospitalSA · about 190 km away28 days
Women's and Children's HospitalSA · about 196 km away14 days

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

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Riverland General Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	25	33	57
2012–13	35	29	60
2013–14	28	33	56
2014–15	26	32	51
2015–16	31	34	52
2016–17	43	38	52
2017–18	36	41	56
2018–19	42	43	59
2019–20	28	51	67
2020–21	27	58	76
2021–22	35	59	77
2022–23	31	65	82
2023–24	38	64	70
2024–25	61	74	73

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

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