Elective Cataract Surgery
The choice and the timing of the surgery are worked out together by the patient and doctor after the evaluation of the clinical conditions. Patients are treated based on the seriousness of their illness and not only in the order of when they were added to the list.
As at 31 March 2026, there were 65,536 cataract surgery bookings in Eye Specialty with the waitlist per cluster as follows:
| Cluster
| Hong Kong East |
Hong Kong West |
Kowloon Central |
Kowloon East |
Kowloon West |
New Territories East |
New Territories West |
| Waitlist |
8,822
|
3,107
|
11,048
|
10,261
|
11,075
|
10,048
|
11,175
|
The waiting time for patients with cataract surgeries performed in the past 12 months (1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026) was as follows :
| Cluster
| Hong Kong East |
Hong Kong West |
Kowloon Central |
Kowloon East |
Kowloon West |
New Territories East |
New Territories West |
| Number of Surgery Performed |
4,021
|
4,249
|
7,205
|
3,556
|
3,260
|
5,823
|
4,124
|
| Median Waiting Time* (month) |
19
|
7
|
20
|
25
|
14
|
17
|
25
|
| 90th Percentile Waiting Time* (month) |
26
|
12
|
27
|
31
|
51
|
30
|
41
|
(For reference only)
Date of Next Update: 31 July 2026
* The median and 90th percentile waiting time implies that half and 90% of the patients with surgeries performed could receive surgeries earlier than the indicated waiting time respectively.
Note: The information on this page is based on the old clustering arrangement. The Hong Kong East Cluster and the Hong Kong West Cluster have officially been integrated to establish the Hong Kong Island Cluster from 1 April 2026. The information will be updated in due course.