As at 31 December 2024, there were 68,991 cataract surgery bookings in Eye Specialty with the waitlist per cluster as follows:
Cluster
Waitlist
  • Hong Kong East
    8,746
  • Hong Kong West
    3,324
  • Kowloon Central
    11,900
  • Kowloon East
    10,236
  • Kowloon West
    12,497
  • New Territories East
    10,471
  • New Territories West
    11,817
The waiting time for patients with cataract surgeries performed in the past 12 months (1 Jan 2024 – 31 Dec 2024) was as follows :
Number of Surgery Performed
Median Waiting Time*(month)
90th Percentile Waiting Time*(month)
  • Hong Kong East
    3,021
    11
    35
  • Hong Kong West
    3,174
    10
    13
  • Kowloon Central
    6,771
    27
    33
  • Kowloon East
    3,457
    25
    30
  • Kowloon West
    2,418
    14
    52
  • New Territories East
    4,736
    11
    28
  • New Territories West
    3,650
    14
    54
(For reference only)
Date of Next Update: 30 April 2025

* 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.