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? 26days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 32days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	17 days	24 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	20 days	22 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	14 days	29 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	22 days	37 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	23 days	43 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	31 days	43 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	---
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	---	34 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	18 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	29 days

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	32 days	64 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	46 days	54 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	97 days	43 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	89 days	65 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	127 days	39 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	94 days	113 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	---
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	---	41 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	26 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	64 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Lior Flor	Sydney	11 days	19 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	11 days	22 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	24 days	13 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	17 days	21 days
John Booth	Truro	7 days	34 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	13 days	28 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	13 days	29 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	15 days	27 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	20 days	24 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	22 days	22 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	21 days	24 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	15 days	31 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	25 days	21 days
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	20 days	27 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	12 days	39 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	13 days	38 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	26 days	25 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	27 days	24 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	23 days	30 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	24 days	29 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	25 days	34 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	29 days	32 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	25 days	36 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	22 days	41 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	38 days	25 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	44 days	25 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	50 days	24 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	42 days	36 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	41 days	38 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	28 days	52 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	49 days	37 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	64 days	32 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	61 days	42 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	75 days	38 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	61 days	55 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	81 days	37 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	97 days	64 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	48 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	24 days	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	24 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	54 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	17 days	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	13 days	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	13 days	---
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	---	38 days

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Allison Keeping	Sydney	11 days	26 days
Lior Flor	Sydney	18 days	25 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	18 days	41 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	27 days	37 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	24 days	45 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	49 days	21 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	23 days	49 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	40 days	41 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	43 days	38 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	16 days	66 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	43 days	51 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	34 days	63 days
John Booth	Truro	46 days	59 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	71 days	44 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	54 days	81 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	99 days	43 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	79 days	65 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	124 days	41 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	127 days	39 days
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	91 days	76 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	109 days	64 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	105 days	79 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	153 days	58 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	122 days	102 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	197 days	47 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	180 days	93 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	233 days	67 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	54 days	251 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	175 days	133 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	270 days	41 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	281 days	46 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	158 days	176 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	285 days	106 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	240 days	193 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	372 days	122 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	103 days	576 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	833 days	66 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	82 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	227 days	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	72 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	68 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	42 days	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	57 days	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	64 days	---
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	---	139 days

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
2024 Jan-Mar	21	136	32	92
2024 Apr-Jun	18	77	31	99
2024 Jul-Sep	19	175	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	191	33	100
2025 Oct-Dec	25	122	34	93
2026 Jan-Mar	26	127	32	101

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

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Wait Times by Surgeon

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Wait Times Trends

Bowel Resection

Service/Procedure Summary

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