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Bladder Cancer Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Bladder Cancer Surgery is surgery for proven or suspected cancer including bladder resection and cystectomy.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
97 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
81 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
15 days
15 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
15 days
52 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
58 days
55 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
90 days
48 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
95 days
67 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
106 days
103 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
---
---
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
---
23 days

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
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
11 days
8 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
11 days
15 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
7 days
26 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
5 days
33 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
23 days
49 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
50 days
43 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
---
---
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
---
11 days

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: 
March 1 - May 31 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
July 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Peter Massaro
Truro
42 days
48 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
31 days
66 days
Ross Mason
Halifax
49 days
48 days
Ricardo Rendon
Halifax
27 days
75 days
M Dale Miller
Sydney
73 days
32 days
David G Bell
Halifax
59 days
52 days
Jonathan Duplisea
Dartmouth
48 days
81 days
Jeffrey George Himmelman
Kentville
95 days
103 days
Hammad Asim
Sydney
13 days
188 days
Kenneth Rent
Kentville
185 days
95 days
Andrea Lantz
Halifax
---
37 days
Ashley Cox
Halifax
---
65 days
Greg G Bailly
Halifax
---
22 days
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
---
---
John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
---
101 days
Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
---
49 days
Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
---
---
Thomas Skinner
Halifax
---
---
Trevor Butler
Kentville
---
98 days
Wallace T'ien
Dartmouth
---
34 days

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 Time
M Dale Miller
Sydney
12 days
14 days
Ross Mason
Halifax
10 days
25 days
Jonathan Duplisea
Dartmouth
15 days
21 days
Hammad Asim
Sydney
8 days
31 days
David G Bell
Halifax
17 days
27 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
15 days
29 days
Ricardo Rendon
Halifax
12 days
32 days
Jeffrey George Himmelman
Kentville
13 days
41 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
12 days
47 days
Kenneth Rent
Kentville
34 days
43 days
Andrea Lantz
Halifax
---
20 days
Ashley Cox
Halifax
---
19 days
Greg G Bailly
Halifax
---
17 days
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
---
---
John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
---
43 days
Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
---
26 days
Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
---
---
Thomas Skinner
Halifax
---
---
Trevor Butler
Kentville
---
37 days
Wallace T'ien
Dartmouth
---
20 days

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: 
June 1 2019 - May 31 2020
Next Update: 
July 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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