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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 ?
220 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
234 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
22 days
23 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
51 days
58 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
229 days
273 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
---
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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148 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 Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
14 days
14 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
14 days
26 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
43 days
15 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
---
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
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New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
---
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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52 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: 
February 1 2019 - January 31 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
March 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Dion Davidson
Kentville
51 days
55 days
Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
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Kieron McGibney
Truro
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Rex S Dunn
North Sydney
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David T Tang
Halifax
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Gerald L MacKean
Halifax
---
12 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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Min S Lee
Halifax
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22 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
260 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Mark A Glazebrook
Halifax
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Matthew Smith
Halifax
---
11 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
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David Hayden
Bridgewater
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Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
---
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Karl John Logan
Halifax
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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 Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Dion Davidson
Kentville
14 days
25 days
Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
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Kieron McGibney
Truro
---
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Rex S Dunn
North Sydney
---
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David T Tang
Halifax
---
---
Gerald L MacKean
Halifax
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5 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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Min S Lee
Halifax
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10 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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32 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Mark A Glazebrook
Halifax
---
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Matthew Smith
Halifax
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9 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
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David Hayden
Bridgewater
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Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
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Karl John Logan
Halifax
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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: 
February 1 2019 - January 31 2020
Next Update: 
March 2020
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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