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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 ?
88 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
98 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
36 days
48 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
36 days
66 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
---
98 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
350 days
111 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
---
137 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
---
184 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional 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
---
20 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
17 days
22 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
18 days
31 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
---
33 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
48 days
37 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
---
74 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional 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: 
May 1 - July 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Greg G Bailly
Halifax
36 days
28 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
36 days
50 days
David G Bell
Halifax
51 days
55 days
M Dale Miller
Sydney
92 days
56 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
45 days
70 days
Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
---
74 days
Ross Mason
Halifax
91 days
75 days
Ricardo Rendon
Halifax
36 days
81 days
Trevor Butler
Kentville
---
94 days
John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
---
107 days
Jeffrey George Himmelman
Halifax
99 days
125 days
Kenneth Rent
Sydney
123 days
138 days
Bruce Palmer
Kentville
213 days
138 days
Hammad Asim
Sydney
9 days
168 days
Dave Padmore
Truro
---
---
Andrea Lantz
Halifax
---
---
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
---
---
Ashley Cox
Halifax
---
---
Wallace T'ien
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
Ross Mason
Halifax
28 days
20 days
M Dale Miller
Sydney
15 days
20 days
Greg G Bailly
Halifax
22 days
22 days
David G Bell
Halifax
17 days
26 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
18 days
27 days
Ricardo Rendon
Halifax
16 days
31 days
Hammad Asim
Sydney
9 days
32 days
Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
---
33 days
Jeffrey George Himmelman
Halifax
36 days
35 days
Trevor Butler
Kentville
---
37 days
John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
---
38 days
Bruce Palmer
Kentville
50 days
38 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
16 days
41 days
Kenneth Rent
Sydney
27 days
43 days
Dave Padmore
Truro
---
---
Andrea Lantz
Halifax
---
---
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
---
---
Ashley Cox
Halifax
---
---
Wallace T'ien
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: 
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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