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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 Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
167 days
65 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
322 days
51 days
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
89 days
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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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
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21 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth 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 Time Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
19 days
28 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
48 days
16 days
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
23 days
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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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
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9 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth 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: 
April 1 2017 - March 31 2018
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
May 2018

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

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

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