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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 ?
166 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
260 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
22 days
48 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
77 days
40 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
258 days
364 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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292 days
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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Antigonish
St. Martha's 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 Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
14 days
14 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
18 days
19 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
43 days
15 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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163 days
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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Antigonish
St. Martha's 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: 
June 1 2019 - May 31 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
July 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Dion Davidson
Kentville
77 days
40 days
Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
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Kieron McGibney
Truro
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Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
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Matthew Smith
Halifax
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Rex S Dunn
North Sydney
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Michael Bezuhly
Halifax
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Gerald L MacKean
Halifax
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12 days
Min S Lee
Halifax
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22 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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260 days
Mark A Glazebrook
Halifax
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528 days
Michael Brennan
Antigonish
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Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
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David T Tang
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
17 days
19 days
Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
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Kieron McGibney
Truro
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Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
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Matthew Smith
Halifax
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Rex S Dunn
North Sydney
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Michael Bezuhly
Halifax
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Gerald L MacKean
Halifax
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6 days
Min S Lee
Halifax
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12 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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32 days
Mark A Glazebrook
Halifax
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504 days
Michael Brennan
Antigonish
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Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
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David T Tang
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: 
June 1 2019 - May 31 2020
Next Update: 
July 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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