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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%

Communitysort descending Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
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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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
229 days
273 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
51 days
58 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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---
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
22 days
23 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health 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%

Communitysort descending Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
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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52 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
---
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
43 days
15 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
14 days
26 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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---
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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---
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
14 days
14 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health 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: 
February 1 2019 - January 31 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
March 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

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