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Aesthetic Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Surgery for cosmetic reasons.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
187 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
239 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
85 days
181 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
207 days
142 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
394 days
51 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
142 days
337 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
151 days
432 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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23 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
19 days
17 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
36 days
76 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
140 days
71 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
126 days
116 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
95 days
156 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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10 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
May 1 2018 - April 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
June 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Louis Boileau
Bridgewater
85 days
181 days
Margaret Wheelock
Halifax
142 days
177 days
Michael Brennan
Antigonish
207 days
142 days
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
394 days
51 days
David Hayden
Bridgewater
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Jason G Williams
Halifax
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Justin L Paletz
Halifax
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Michael Bezuhly
Halifax
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454 days
S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
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Steven F Morris
Halifax
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603 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
18 days
15 days
Louis Boileau
Bridgewater
23 days
98 days
Michael Brennan
Antigonish
140 days
71 days
Margaret Wheelock
Halifax
129 days
97 days
David Hayden
Bridgewater
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Jason G Williams
Halifax
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Justin L Paletz
Halifax
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Michael Bezuhly
Halifax
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315 days
S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
---
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Steven F Morris
Halifax
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204 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
May 1 2018 - April 30 2019
Next Update: 
June 2019
Disclaimer: Hospitals and clinics across the province provide all wait time information displayed on this website. Wait times are based on historical data and do not include emergency priority cases. Current wait times experienced by some patients may be different.

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