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? 32days

Wait times

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	14 days	23 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	8 days	33 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	16 days	27 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	38 days	18 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	19 days	40 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	27 days	38 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	34 days	45 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	15 days	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	50 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	35 days

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	20 days	89 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	71 days	39 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	38 days	90 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	114 days	81 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	215 days	65 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	105 days	188 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	392 days	55 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	209 days	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	57 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	198 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	8 days	14 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	11 days	15 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	16 days	11 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	8 days	20 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	11 days	21 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	14 days	19 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	12 days	22 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	12 days	22 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	14 days	22 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	14 days	23 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	16 days	21 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	22 days	17 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	22 days	21 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	10 days	34 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	27 days	18 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	15 days	31 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	14 days	32 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	23 days	24 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	17 days	31 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	21 days	30 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	15 days	45 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	8 days	52 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	31 days	31 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	35 days	32 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	40 days	29 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	33 days	36 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	42 days	40 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	44 days	41 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	50 days	42 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	45 days	54 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	76 days	40 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	32 days	90 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	114 days	21 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	153 days	26 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	27 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	21 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	20 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	18 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	42 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	---	30 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
John Booth	Truro	23 days	---
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	55 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	---	58 days

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	9 days	26 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	19 days	37 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	21 days	36 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	26 days	42 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	24 days	45 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	19 days	51 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	38 days	39 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	11 days	69 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	17 days	64 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	44 days	43 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	20 days	75 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	51 days	46 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	57 days	48 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	49 days	64 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	52 days	64 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	97 days	77 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	140 days	36 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	125 days	57 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	52 days	133 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	36 days	149 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	109 days	77 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	82 days	110 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	56 days	146 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	123 days	85 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	158 days	62 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	62 days	188 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	206 days	74 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	251 days	86 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	273 days	93 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	348 days	44 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	258 days	198 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	86 days	391 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	274 days	208 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	600 days	95 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	47 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	73 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	50 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	88 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	100 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	---	102 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
John Booth	Truro	62 days	---
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	120 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	---	175 days

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50%	Consult - 90%	Surgery - 50%	Surgery - 90%
2022 Jan-Mar	19	88	22	72
2022 Apr-Jun	17	118	26	113
2022 Jul-Sep	21	98	29	112
2022 Oct-Dec	22	163	29	185
2023 Jan-Mar	25	121	33	170
2023 Apr-Jun	17	117	34	142
2023 Jul-Sep	21	104	29	102
2023 Oct-Dec	19	162	28	110
2024 Jan-Mar	21	129	32	92

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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90%

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Wait Times Trends

Bowel Resection

Service/Procedure Summary

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