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Amputations

Service/Procedure Summary

Surgery to remove an extremity such as a foot, arm, etc.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
203 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
80 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
8 days
86 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
110 days
76 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
143 days
76 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
334 days
69 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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43 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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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 Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
7 days
23 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
21 days
19 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
19 days
23 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
65 days
58 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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26 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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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: 
August 1 2016 - July 31 2017
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2017

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Min S Lee
Halifax
27 days
51 days
Dion Davidson
Kentville
35 days
51 days
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
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Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
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Basilon Cole
New Glasgow
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Benjamin Heisler
Kentville
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Benjamin Orlik
Halifax
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David Hayden
Bridgewater
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Eric Howatt
Kentville
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Gerald L MacKean
Halifax
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Gregory Clarke
Kentville
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Justin L Paletz
Halifax
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Mark A Glazebrook
Halifax
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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50 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
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Patrick J Casey
Halifax
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Rex S Dunn
North Sydney
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Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
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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
Dion Davidson
Kentville
11 days
15 days
Min S Lee
Halifax
21 days
15 days
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
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Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
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Basilon Cole
New Glasgow
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Benjamin Heisler
Kentville
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Benjamin Orlik
Halifax
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David Hayden
Bridgewater
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Eric Howatt
Kentville
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Gerald L MacKean
Halifax
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Gregory Clarke
Kentville
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Justin L Paletz
Halifax
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Mark A Glazebrook
Halifax
---
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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16 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
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Patrick J Casey
Halifax
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Rex S Dunn
North Sydney
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Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
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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: 
August 1 2016 - July 31 2017
Next Update: 
September 2017
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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