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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 ?
175 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
143 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
154 days
51 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
222 days
98 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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25 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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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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Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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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 Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
13 days
30 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
27 days
20 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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14 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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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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Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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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 2017 - July 31 2018
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2018

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Dion Davidson
Kentville
35 days
37 days
Michael Bezuhly
Halifax
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
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Rex S Dunn
North Sydney
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16 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Benjamin Heisler
Kentville
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Matthew Smith
Halifax
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David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
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Gerald L MacKean
Halifax
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57 days
Min S Lee
Halifax
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34 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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Faith Dodd
Sydney
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Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
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Patrick J Casey
Halifax
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David G Johnston
Halifax
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Mark A Glazebrook
Halifax
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174 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 Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Dion Davidson
Kentville
18 days
18 days
Michael Bezuhly
Halifax
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
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Rex S Dunn
North Sydney
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7 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Benjamin Heisler
Kentville
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Matthew Smith
Halifax
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David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
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Gerald L MacKean
Halifax
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15 days
Min S Lee
Halifax
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31 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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Faith Dodd
Sydney
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Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
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Patrick J Casey
Halifax
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David G Johnston
Halifax
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Mark A Glazebrook
Halifax
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98 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: 
August 1 2017 - July 31 2018
Next Update: 
September 2018
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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