As at 30 June 2025, there were 65,944 cataract surgery bookings in Eye Specialty with the waitlist per cluster as follows:
Cluster
Waitlist
  • Hong Kong East
    8,727
  • Hong Kong West
    3,405
  • Kowloon Central
    11,253
  • Kowloon East
    10,250
  • Kowloon West
    11,248
  • New Territories East
    10,147
  • New Territories West
    10,914
The waiting time for patients with cataract surgeries performed in the past 12 months (1 Jul 2024 – 30 Jun 2025) was as follows :
Number of Surgery Performed
Median Waiting Time*(month)
90th Percentile Waiting Time*(month)
  • Hong Kong East
    3,402
    19
    28
  • Hong Kong West
    3,586
    9
    12
  • Kowloon Central
    6,766
    26
    31
  • Kowloon East
    3,457
    25
    31
  • Kowloon West
    2,648
    14
    52
  • New Territories East
    5.514
    16
    30
  • New Territories West
    3,902
    28
    49
(For reference only)
Date of Next Update: 31 October 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.