Service/Procedure Summary
Surgery to remove part of the intestines using a special camera called a laparoscope that is inserted through a small cut in the skin called a port.
Wait times
50th
| Community | Facility | Consult Wait Time | Surgery Wait Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst | Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre |
10 days
|
22 days
|
| Bridgewater | South Shore Regional Hospital |
14 days
|
19 days
|
| Sydney | Cape Breton Regional Hospital |
17 days
|
23 days
|
| Dartmouth | Dartmouth General Hospital |
14 days
|
29 days
|
| Yarmouth | Yarmouth Regional Hospital |
16 days
|
28 days
|
| Antigonish | St. Martha's Regional Hospital |
27 days
|
34 days
|
| Halifax | QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites) |
29 days
|
36 days
|
| Kentville | Valley Regional Hospital |
29 days
|
36 days
|
| Halifax | IWK Health Centre | --- | --- |
| New Glasgow | Aberdeen Hospital | --- | --- |
| Truro | Colchester East Hants Health Centre | --- |
35 days
|
90th
| Community | Facility | Consult Wait Time | Surgery Wait Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | Cape Breton Regional Hospital |
39 days
|
70 days
|
| Amherst | Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre |
28 days
|
89 days
|
| Bridgewater | South Shore Regional Hospital |
91 days
|
32 days
|
| Dartmouth | Dartmouth General Hospital |
104 days
|
48 days
|
| Antigonish | St. Martha's Regional Hospital |
140 days
|
57 days
|
| Kentville | Valley Regional Hospital |
270 days
|
82 days
|
| Halifax | QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites) |
224 days
|
133 days
|
| Yarmouth | Yarmouth Regional Hospital |
175 days
|
198 days
|
| Halifax | IWK Health Centre | --- | --- |
| New Glasgow | Aberdeen Hospital | --- | --- |
| Truro | Colchester East Hants Health Centre | --- |
175 days
|
Wait Times by Surgeon
50th
| Surgeon | Community | Consult Wait Time | Surgery Wait Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nabil Nader | Amherst |
10 days
|
20 days
|
| Heather Poushay | Sydney |
16 days
|
15 days
|
| Alicia Lamey | Sydney |
14 days
|
20 days
|
| Rhys Kavanagh | Bridgewater |
17 days
|
19 days
|
| Riley Stewart | Dartmouth |
14 days
|
26 days
|
| Eileen Roach | Sydney |
19 days
|
22 days
|
| Stephanie Lapierre | Sydney |
19 days
|
23 days
|
| Jonathan Boyde Enright | Dartmouth |
14 days
|
31 days
|
| Andrea Marie Faryniuk | Amherst |
19 days
|
32 days
|
| Farisa Hossain | Antigonish |
27 days
|
25 days
|
| C Marius Hoogerboord | Halifax |
21 days
|
32 days
|
| Paul M Johnson | Halifax |
29 days
|
31 days
|
| Lukas Wasserman | Antigonish |
28 days
|
34 days
|
| Paul Yaffe | Kentville |
33 days
|
36 days
|
| Richard Spence | Halifax |
34 days
|
38 days
|
| Katerina Neumann | Halifax |
57 days
|
26 days
|
| Chris Kenyon | Halifax |
39 days
|
55 days
|
| Ryan Patrick Kelly | Kentville |
69 days
|
39 days
|
| David MacFarlane | Kentville |
160 days
|
21 days
|
| Ahmed Jad | Truro | --- |
34 days
|
| Alison Archibald | Sydney | --- | --- |
| Ashley Drohan | Halifax | --- | --- |
| Benjamin Heisler | Kentville | --- | --- |
| Blair MacDonald | Yarmouth |
10 days
|
--- |
| Christopher Murphy | Yarmouth | --- | --- |
| Clay K Butler | Sydney | --- | --- |
| Colin McWilliams | Amherst | --- | --- |
| Edward Joy | Bridgewater | --- |
18 days
|
| F Donald Clark | Kentville | --- | --- |
| Oleg Lefel | Yarmouth | --- | --- |
90th
| Surgeon | Community | Consult Wait Time | Surgery Wait Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alicia Lamey | Sydney |
27 days
|
35 days
|
| Rhys Kavanagh | Bridgewater |
39 days
|
25 days
|
| Nabil Nader | Amherst |
19 days
|
54 days
|
| Heather Poushay | Sydney |
38 days
|
43 days
|
| Stephanie Lapierre | Sydney |
51 days
|
46 days
|
| Paul Yaffe | Kentville |
56 days
|
63 days
|
| Eileen Roach | Sydney |
39 days
|
90 days
|
| Riley Stewart | Dartmouth |
98 days
|
38 days
|
| Farisa Hossain | Antigonish |
92 days
|
48 days
|
| C Marius Hoogerboord | Halifax |
71 days
|
77 days
|
| Andrea Marie Faryniuk | Amherst |
43 days
|
110 days
|
| Jonathan Boyde Enright | Dartmouth |
104 days
|
73 days
|
| Richard Spence | Halifax |
146 days
|
93 days
|
| Paul M Johnson | Halifax |
46 days
|
228 days
|
| Lukas Wasserman | Antigonish |
238 days
|
75 days
|
| David MacFarlane | Kentville |
300 days
|
40 days
|
| Katerina Neumann | Halifax |
287 days
|
111 days
|
| Ryan Patrick Kelly | Kentville |
255 days
|
151 days
|
| Chris Kenyon | Halifax |
136 days
|
315 days
|
| Ahmed Jad | Truro | --- |
47 days
|
| Alison Archibald | Sydney | --- | --- |
| Ashley Drohan | Halifax | --- | --- |
| Benjamin Heisler | Kentville | --- | --- |
| Blair MacDonald | Yarmouth |
77 days
|
--- |
| Christopher Murphy | Yarmouth | --- | --- |
| Clay K Butler | Sydney | --- | --- |
| Colin McWilliams | Amherst | --- | --- |
| Edward Joy | Bridgewater | --- |
32 days
|
| F Donald Clark | Kentville | --- | --- |
| Oleg Lefel | Yarmouth | --- | --- |
Wait Times Trends
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