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? 21days

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

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	12 days	17 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	13 days	21 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	15 days	31 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	16 days	39 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	29 days	42 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	54 days	34 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	---
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	---
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	46 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	32 days

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	49 days	27 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	49 days	52 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	25 days	82 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	97 days	113 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	144 days	104 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	227 days	58 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	---
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	---
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	54 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	69 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Lior Flor	Sydney	10 days	19 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	11 days	22 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	15 days	21 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	15 days	23 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	13 days	25 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	16 days	23 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	14 days	26 days
John Booth	Truro	7 days	34 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	21 days	21 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	22 days	21 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	21 days	24 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	11 days	34 days
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	21 days	27 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	12 days	37 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	27 days	22 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	26 days	24 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	24 days	27 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	19 days	33 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	22 days	32 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	12 days	43 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	21 days	39 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	29 days	32 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	25 days	36 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	38 days	24 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	29 days	37 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	37 days	33 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	28 days	51 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	45 days	35 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	46 days	35 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	54 days	27 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	35 days	51 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	26 days	64 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	38 days	52 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	57 days	39 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	75 days	51 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	90 days	37 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	54 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	---	64 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	---	25 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	59 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	20 days	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	13 days	---
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	20 days	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Allison Keeping	Sydney	11 days	26 days
Lior Flor	Sydney	21 days	29 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	31 days	45 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	40 days	37 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	43 days	38 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	49 days	36 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	34 days	53 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	26 days	65 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	31 days	64 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	28 days	67 days
John Booth	Truro	46 days	59 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	71 days	37 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	70 days	38 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	43 days	66 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	23 days	91 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	43 days	72 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	57 days	64 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	97 days	43 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	77 days	64 days
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	91 days	76 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	144 days	41 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	105 days	103 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	153 days	58 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	122 days	102 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	124 days	104 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	54 days	179 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	161 days	72 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	165 days	93 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	227 days	40 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	215 days	98 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	281 days	46 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	289 days	51 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	64 days	279 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	308 days	53 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	419 days	80 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	629 days	151 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	72 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	---	176 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	---	67 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	68 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	42 days	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	57 days	---
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	127 days	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	---	---

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
2024 Apr-Jun	18	77	31	99
2024 Jul-Sep	19	175	30	92
2024 Oct-Dec	23	176	33	75
2025 Jan-Mar	23	156	34	136
2025 Apr-Jun	22	172	31	96
2025 Jul-Sep	27	191	33	100
2025 Oct-Dec	24	134	34	93
2026 Jan-Mar	23	124	32	101
2026 Apr-Jun	21	110	34	98

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 Trends

Bowel Resection

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