Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) waiting time at Mount Isa Base Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) 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: 193 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 96 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 7.3%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 132 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 87 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 Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Mount Isa Base Hospital	193 days	7.3%	96 surgeries
Northern Territory (all public hospitals)	162 days	20.4%	921 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	82 days	1.9%	8868 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	106 days	11.5%	87841 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 106 days marks the national median.

Longreach HospitalQLD · about 576 km away182 days
Alice Springs HospitalNT · about 666 km away266 days
Townsville University HospitalQLD · about 775 km away99 days
Cairns HospitalQLD · about 785 km away90 days
Weipa HospitalQLD · about 937 km away5 days
Emerald HospitalQLD · about 944 km away71 days
Gove HospitalNT · about 993 km away226 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 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 Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Mount Isa Base Hospital (days)	QLD (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	43	51	89
2012–13	82	44	89
2013–14	59	52	79
2014–15	81	57	83
2015–16	83	64	93
2016–17	162	70	85
2017–18	137	87	87
2018–19	58	72	84
2019–20	55	83	98
2020–21	34	84	172
2021–22	138	84	158
2022–23	148	77	133
2023–24	106	76	119
2024–25	193	82	106

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 Isa Base Hospital · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) across Australia · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) in Queensland