Patient: My boy, 2.5 years old, has a congenital gill fistula. How long do I have to wait for a bed at Children’s Hospital? Can I have the surgery now? How long do I have to wait for a bed at the children’s hospital? I have a fistula on the left side of my joints, and sometimes it flows out as a sticky fluid. If the surgery can be done now, is it possible to register for an outpatient number, or is it possible to register for a general number? A: Hello, if it is a gill-derived cyst and there is discharge, it is best to treat it with early surgery. If the external mouth is blocked or infected, it is easy to recur after surgery and the local surgical scar is relatively large. Children’s hospital beds are relatively tight and need to be contacted early. Also, any unit with pediatric surgery may be able to do this surgery.