As at 30 June 2024, there were 69,438 cataract surgery bookings in Eye Specialty with the waitlist per cluster as follows:
Cluster
Waitlist
  • Hong Kong East
    8,570
  • Hong Kong West
    3,369
  • Kowloon Central
    12,388
  • Kowloon East
    10,075
  • Kowloon West
    12,648
  • New Territories East
    10,089
  • New Territories West
    12,299
The waiting time for patients with cataract surgeries performed in the past 12 months (1 Jul 2023 – 30 Jun 2024) was as follows :
Number of Surgery Performed
Median Waiting Time*(month)
90th Percentile Waiting Time*(month)
  • Hong Kong East
    3,407
    19
    40
  • Hong Kong West
    3,135
    10
    17
  • Kowloon Central
    6,415
    31
    36
  • Kowloon East
    3,169
    24
    29
  • Kowloon West
    2,822
    14
    53
  • New Territories East
    4,650
    12
    26
  • New Territories West
    3,611
    13
    56
(For reference only)
Date of Next Update: 31 October 2024

* 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.