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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 ?
229 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
179 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
76 days
55 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
232 days
260 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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148 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
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67 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Windsor
Hants Community 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
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
21 days
24 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
43 days
12 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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22 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
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39 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Windsor
Hants Community 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: 
November 1 2018 - October 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
December 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Dion Davidson
Kentville
69 days
54 days
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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David T Tang
Halifax
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Faith Dodd
Sydney
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Gerald L MacKean
Halifax
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Gregory Clarke
Kentville
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Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
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Kieron McGibney
Truro
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Kieron McGibney
Truro
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Kieron McGibney
Truro
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Kieron McGibney
Truro
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Kieron McGibney
Truro
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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Mark A Glazebrook
Halifax
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Matthew Smith
Halifax
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11 days
Michael Bezuhly
Halifax
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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260 days
Min S Lee
Halifax
---
12 days
Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
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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
18 days
24 days
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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David T Tang
Halifax
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Faith Dodd
Sydney
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Gerald L MacKean
Halifax
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Gregory Clarke
Kentville
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Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
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Kieron McGibney
Truro
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Kieron McGibney
Truro
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Kieron McGibney
Truro
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Kieron McGibney
Truro
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Kieron McGibney
Truro
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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Mark A Glazebrook
Halifax
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Matthew Smith
Halifax
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8 days
Michael Bezuhly
Halifax
---
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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105 days
Min S Lee
Halifax
---
8 days
Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
---
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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: 
November 1 2018 - October 31 2019
Next Update: 
December 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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