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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 Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
22 days
23 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
51 days
58 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
---
148 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
229 days
273 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
---
---
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
---
---
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
---
---
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
---
---
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
---
---
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
---
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
---
---
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
---
---

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 Timesort descending
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
14 days
14 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
43 days
15 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
14 days
26 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
---
52 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
---
---
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
---
---
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
---
---
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
---
---
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
---
---
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
---
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
---
---
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
---
---

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

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

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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