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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 ?
190 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
128 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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21 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
322 days
51 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
167 days
65 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
---
---
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
---
---
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
---
---
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
---
---
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
---
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
---
---
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
89 days
---
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
---
---
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
---
---
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
---
---
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
---
---
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
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9 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
48 days
16 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
19 days
28 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
---
---
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
---
---
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
---
---
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
---
---
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
---
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
---
---
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
23 days
---
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
---
---
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
---
---
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
---
---
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
---
---
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: 
April 1 2017 - March 31 2018
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
May 2018

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Gerald L MacKean
Halifax
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22 days
Min S Lee
Halifax
---
34 days
Dion Davidson
Kentville
56 days
34 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
---
---
Matthew Smith
Halifax
---
---
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
---
Michael Bezuhly
Halifax
---
---
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
---
---
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
---
---
Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
---
Faith Dodd
Sydney
---
---
Mark A Glazebrook
Halifax
---
---
Patrick J Casey
Halifax
---
---
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
---
---
Eric Howatt
Kentville
---
---
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
---
---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
---
---
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
---
---

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
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8 days
Dion Davidson
Kentville
35 days
15 days
Min S Lee
Halifax
---
29 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
---
---
Matthew Smith
Halifax
---
---
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
---
Michael Bezuhly
Halifax
---
---
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
---
---
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
---
---
Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
---
Faith Dodd
Sydney
---
---
Mark A Glazebrook
Halifax
---
---
Patrick J Casey
Halifax
---
---
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
---
---
Eric Howatt
Kentville
---
---
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
---
---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
---
---
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
---
---

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: 
April 1 2017 - March 31 2018
Next Update: 
May 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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