As at 30 September 2025, there were 64,649 cataract surgery bookings in Eye Specialty with the waitlist per cluster as follows:
Cluster
Waitlist
  • Hong Kong East
    8,580
  • Hong Kong West
    3,046
  • Kowloon Central
    10,964
  • Kowloon East
    10,329
  • Kowloon West
    10,958
  • New Territories East
    10,103
  • New Territories West
    10,669
The waiting time for patients with cataract surgeries performed in the past 12 months (1 October 2024 – 30 September 2025) was as follows :
Number of Surgery Performed
Median Waiting Time*(month)
90th Percentile Waiting Time*(month)
  • Hong Kong East
    3,809
    22
    27
  • Hong Kong West
    3,918
    8
    12
  • Kowloon Central
    6,794
    23
    29
  • Kowloon East
    3,580
    25
    31
  • Kowloon West
    2,889
    14
    52
  • New Territories East
    5.828
    17
    30
  • New Territories West
    4,177
    28
    48
(For reference only)
Date of Next Update: 30 January 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.