Bowel Resection

Service/Procedure Summary

This surgical procedure removes all or part of the small or large intestine.

Consult Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 24days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 34days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	14 days	22 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	21 days	29 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	23 days	38 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	37 days	36 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	60 days	27 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	40 days	52 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	29 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	---	30 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	---
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	---

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	34 days	50 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	28 days	68 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	81 days	41 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	165 days	69 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	281 days	66 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	204 days	193 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	74 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	---	58 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	---
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Nabil Nader	Amherst	11 days	23 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	15 days	20 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	24 days	13 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	17 days	20 days
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	15 days	23 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	13 days	26 days
John Booth	Truro	6 days	34 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	16 days	26 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	15 days	27 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	21 days	22 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	23 days	24 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	12 days	37 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	15 days	34 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	15 days	35 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	31 days	19 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	18 days	33 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	22 days	29 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	14 days	38 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	24 days	29 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	22 days	32 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	22 days	34 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	25 days	31 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	29 days	32 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	33 days	30 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	28 days	36 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	34 days	30 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	34 days	32 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	27 days	41 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	43 days	43 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	61 days	27 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	58 days	47 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	65 days	48 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	77 days	59 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	97 days	66 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	139 days	32 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	---	---
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	20 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	12 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	---	---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	---	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	28 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	---
Karen Milford	Halifax	---	---
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	41 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	47 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	36 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	---	27 days

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	18 days	41 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	31 days	33 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	31 days	37 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	49 days	21 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	31 days	41 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	16 days	57 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	44 days	29 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	28 days	45 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	29 days	49 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	57 days	36 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	40 days	59 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	34 days	68 days
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	65 days	42 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	40 days	72 days
John Booth	Truro	46 days	66 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	57 days	64 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	92 days	41 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	63 days	81 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	79 days	65 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	32 days	114 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	65 days	103 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	182 days	44 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	65 days	179 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	244 days	53 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	51 days	251 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	233 days	84 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	260 days	71 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	204 days	133 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	272 days	82 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	285 days	112 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	267 days	158 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	240 days	193 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	401 days	73 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	103 days	642 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	618 days	149 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	---	---
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	37 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	65 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	---	---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	---	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	49 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	---
Karen Milford	Halifax	---	---
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	85 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	68 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	76 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	---	139 days

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
2023 Oct-Dec	17	162	28	110
2024 Jan-Mar	21	136	32	92
2024 Apr-Jun	18	77	32	108
2024 Jul-Sep	20	187	30	92
2024 Oct-Dec	23	176	33	75
2025 Jan-Mar	24	156	34	136
2025 Apr-Jun	22	172	31	96
2025 Jul-Sep	27	182	33	100
2025 Oct-Dec	24	136	34	93

Disclaimer: Hospitals, long-term care facilities, 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.

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Bowel Resection

Service/Procedure Summary

Wait times

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Wait Times by Surgeon

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Wait Times Trends

Bowel Resection

Service/Procedure Summary

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Wait Times by Surgeon

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