Eardrum repair waiting time at The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital
The median wait for eardrum repair — published by the source as "Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty" — at this public hospital in the East Melbourne area of Victoria was 320 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
- 320 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 74 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 48.6%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 32 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 67 days in 2011–12 to 320 days in 2024–25 — up 378% — while the national median rose from 105 days to 264 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], about 3 km away, at 175 days. Here, 48.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 28.3%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital | 320 days | 48.6% | 74 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 207 days | 34.2% | 322 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 264 days | 28.3% | 1627 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 67 | 108 | 105 |
| 2012–13 | 107 | 131 | 123 |
| 2013–14 | 113 | 140 | 128 |
| 2014–15 | 131 | 121 | 137 |
| 2015–16 | 211 | 154 | 173 |
| 2016–17 | 190 | 104 | 170 |
| 2017–18 | 162 | 149 | 195 |
| 2018–19 | 182 | 174 | 200 |
| 2019–20 | 210 | 164 | 214 |
| 2020–21 | 360 | 276 | 292 |
| 2021–22 | 365 | 340 | 259 |
| 2022–23 | 262 | 293 | 283 |
| 2023–24 | 449 | 314 | 267 |
| 2024–25 | 320 | 207 | 264 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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