As at 31 March 2025, there were 67,854 cataract surgery bookings in Eye Specialty with the waitlist per cluster as follows:
Cluster
Waitlist
  • Hong Kong East
    8,809
  • Hong Kong West
    3,419
  • Kowloon Central
    11,731
  • Kowloon East
    10,247
  • Kowloon West
    11,918
  • New Territories East
    10,217
  • New Territories West
    11,513
The waiting time for patients with cataract surgeries performed in the past 12 months (1 Apr 2024 – 31 Mar 2025) was as follows :
Number of Surgery Performed
Median Waiting Time*(month)
90th Percentile Waiting Time*(month)
  • Hong Kong East
    3,140
    8
    31
  • Hong Kong West
    3,232
    10
    12
  • Kowloon Central
    6,488
    27
    32
  • Kowloon East
    3,163
    25
    30
  • Kowloon West
    2,413
    14
    52
  • New Territories East
    4,890
    12
    29
  • New Territories West
    3,624
    15
    51
(For reference only)
Date of Next Update: 31 July 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.