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? 23days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 33days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	23 days	18 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	21 days	29 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	19 days	32 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	22 days	40 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	39 days	43 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	50 days	36 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	44 days	46 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	27 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	---
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	15 days	---

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	23 days	58 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	28 days	73 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	49 days	69 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	70 days	65 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	180 days	58 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	100 days	212 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	281 days	68 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	62 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	---
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	31 days	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	17 days	17 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	24 days	12 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	14 days	22 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	13 days	23 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	16 days	21 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	13 days	26 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	16 days	26 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	21 days	22 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	16 days	27 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	25 days	19 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	23 days	23 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	14 days	34 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	12 days	37 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	22 days	27 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	19 days	33 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	25 days	28 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	22 days	32 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	26 days	28 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	25 days	31 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	18 days	39 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	14 days	43 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	29 days	30 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	33 days	27 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	32 days	30 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	22 days	41 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	33 days	30 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	29 days	41 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	28 days	51 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	56 days	28 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	43 days	43 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	70 days	27 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	79 days	32 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	67 days	48 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	86 days	65 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	84 days	73 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	22 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	11 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	28 days
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 Booth	Truro	---	28 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	---
Karen Milford	Halifax	---	---
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	42 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	47 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	40 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	---	34 days

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	31 days	33 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	31 days	37 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	40 days	30 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	31 days	41 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	44 days	29 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	28 days	45 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	29 days	49 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	36 days	47 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	19 days	66 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	40 days	59 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	34 days	68 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	57 days	62 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	57 days	64 days
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	91 days	37 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	59 days	72 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	93 days	47 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	63 days	81 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	79 days	65 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	30 days	114 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	28 days	149 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	168 days	21 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	182 days	44 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	65 days	179 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	175 days	100 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	244 days	53 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	63 days	251 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	233 days	84 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	260 days	71 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	174 days	158 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	272 days	102 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	240 days	142 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	285 days	112 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	401 days	78 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	497 days	149 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	103 days	642 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	37 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	65 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	40 days
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 Booth	Truro	---	34 days
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	175	33	75
2025 Jan-Mar	24	156	34	136
2025 Apr-Jun	22	172	31	96
2025 Jul-Sep	26	181	33	100
2025 Oct-Dec	23	136	33	88

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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