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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 ?
232 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
187 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
126 days
54 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
146 days
67 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
232 days
241 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
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254 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
323 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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---
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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---
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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---
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)
29 days
15 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
38 days
22 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
81 days
36 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
---
---
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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---
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
---
85 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
197 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
---
---
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
---
---
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
---
---
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
---
---
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: 
August 1 2018 - July 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeonsort descending Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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David T Tang
Halifax
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Dion Davidson
Kentville
126 days
54 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
---
---
Gerald L MacKean
Halifax
---
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Gregory Clarke
Kentville
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---
Joel Morash
Halifax
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---
Justin L Paletz
Halifax
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---
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
---
---
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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---
Mark A Glazebrook
Halifax
---
---
Matthew Smith
Halifax
---
11 days
Michael Bezuhly
Halifax
---
---
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
241 days
Min S Lee
Halifax
---
---
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
---
---
Patrick J Casey
Halifax
---
---
Rex S Dunn
North Sydney
---
---
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
---
---

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
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
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---
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
---
---
David T Tang
Halifax
---
---
Dion Davidson
Kentville
28 days
24 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
---
---
Gerald L MacKean
Halifax
---
---
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
---
---
Joel Morash
Halifax
---
---
Justin L Paletz
Halifax
---
---
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
---
---
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
---
---
Mark A Glazebrook
Halifax
---
---
Matthew Smith
Halifax
---
8 days
Michael Bezuhly
Halifax
---
---
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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81 days
Min S Lee
Halifax
---
---
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
---
---
Patrick J Casey
Halifax
---
---
Rex S Dunn
North Sydney
---
---
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
---
---

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: 
August 1 2018 - July 31 2019
Next Update: 
September 2019
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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