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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | Cape Breton Regional Hospital |
21 days
|
22 days
|
| Amherst | Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre |
14 days
|
30 days
|
| Bridgewater | South Shore Regional Hospital |
19 days
|
28 days
|
| Dartmouth | Dartmouth General Hospital |
21 days
|
26 days
|
| Yarmouth | Yarmouth Regional Hospital |
22 days
|
29 days
|
| Truro | Colchester East Hants Health Centre |
38 days
|
28 days
|
| Halifax | QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites) |
32 days
|
37 days
|
| Antigonish | St. Martha's Regional Hospital |
47 days
|
31 days
|
| Kentville | Valley Regional Hospital |
40 days
|
45 days
|
| Halifax | IWK Health Centre | --- |
30 days
|
| New Glasgow | Aberdeen Hospital | --- | --- |
90th
| Community | Facility | Consult Wait Time | Surgery Wait Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater | South Shore Regional Hospital |
67 days
|
38 days
|
| Antigonish | St. Martha's Regional Hospital |
97 days
|
47 days
|
| Yarmouth | Yarmouth Regional Hospital |
109 days
|
69 days
|
| Sydney | Cape Breton Regional Hospital |
100 days
|
79 days
|
| Dartmouth | Dartmouth General Hospital |
157 days
|
49 days
|
| Kentville | Valley Regional Hospital |
169 days
|
82 days
|
| Amherst | Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre |
190 days
|
74 days
|
| Truro | Colchester East Hants Health Centre |
281 days
|
39 days
|
| Halifax | QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites) |
178 days
|
160 days
|
| Halifax | IWK Health Centre | --- |
163 days
|
| New Glasgow | Aberdeen Hospital | --- | --- |
Wait Times by Surgeon
50th
| Surgeon | Community | Consult Wait Time | Surgery Wait Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lior Flor | Sydney |
11 days
|
19 days
|
| Riley Stewart | Dartmouth |
14 days
|
20 days
|
| Heather Poushay | Sydney |
24 days
|
13 days
|
| Peter Sytnik | Bridgewater |
21 days
|
24 days
|
| Heather McFadgen | Halifax |
20 days
|
27 days
|
| Jonathan Boyde Enright | Dartmouth |
24 days
|
23 days
|
| Stephanie Lapierre | Sydney |
26 days
|
25 days
|
| Farisa Hossain | Antigonish |
23 days
|
31 days
|
| Rhys Kavanagh | Dartmouth |
24 days
|
32 days
|
| Richard Spence | Halifax |
33 days
|
24 days
|
| Eileen Roach | Sydney |
25 days
|
34 days
|
| Lukas Wasserman | Antigonish |
44 days
|
25 days
|
| Christopher Murphy | Yarmouth |
37 days
|
37 days
|
| Ahmed Jad | Truro |
42 days
|
36 days
|
| Ryan Patrick Kelly | Kentville |
41 days
|
38 days
|
| Paul M Johnson | Halifax |
33 days
|
49 days
|
| Paul Yaffe | Kentville |
31 days
|
56 days
|
| Katerina Neumann | Halifax |
60 days
|
34 days
|
| Chris Kenyon | Halifax |
30 days
|
68 days
|
| C Marius Hoogerboord | Halifax |
77 days
|
44 days
|
| Alicia Lamey | Sydney | --- | --- |
| Alison Archibald | Sydney | --- | --- |
| Allison Keeping | Sydney | --- | --- |
| Andrea Marie Faryniuk | Amherst | --- | --- |
| Ashley Drohan | Halifax | --- | --- |
| Benjamin Heisler | Kentville | --- |
45 days
|
| Blair MacDonald | Yarmouth | --- | --- |
| Chakshu Sahi | New Glasgow | --- | --- |
| Colin McWilliams | Amherst | --- | --- |
| Dafydd Alexander Davies | Halifax | --- | --- |
| David MacFarlane | Kentville |
73 days
|
--- |
| James C Ellsmere | Halifax | --- | --- |
| Krista de Boer | Antigonish | --- | --- |
| Nabil Nader | Amherst | --- | --- |
| Victoria Smith | Bridgewater | --- | --- |
90th
| Surgeon | Community | Consult Wait Time | Surgery Wait Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lior Flor | Sydney |
18 days
|
25 days
|
| Heather Poushay | Sydney |
49 days
|
21 days
|
| Peter Sytnik | Bridgewater |
43 days
|
38 days
|
| Heather McFadgen | Halifax |
65 days
|
49 days
|
| Lukas Wasserman | Antigonish |
92 days
|
41 days
|
| Farisa Hossain | Antigonish |
79 days
|
65 days
|
| Riley Stewart | Dartmouth |
127 days
|
39 days
|
| Christopher Murphy | Yarmouth |
109 days
|
69 days
|
| Paul Yaffe | Kentville |
112 days
|
72 days
|
| Stephanie Lapierre | Sydney |
105 days
|
79 days
|
| Eileen Roach | Sydney |
122 days
|
102 days
|
| Rhys Kavanagh | Dartmouth |
182 days
|
44 days
|
| Ahmed Jad | Truro |
281 days
|
39 days
|
| Richard Spence | Halifax |
148 days
|
187 days
|
| Chris Kenyon | Halifax |
85 days
|
251 days
|
| Ryan Patrick Kelly | Kentville |
288 days
|
106 days
|
| Jonathan Boyde Enright | Dartmouth |
401 days
|
37 days
|
| Katerina Neumann | Halifax |
300 days
|
142 days
|
| C Marius Hoogerboord | Halifax |
372 days
|
122 days
|
| Paul M Johnson | Halifax |
77 days
|
576 days
|
| Alicia Lamey | Sydney | --- | --- |
| Alison Archibald | Sydney | --- | --- |
| Allison Keeping | Sydney | --- | --- |
| Andrea Marie Faryniuk | Amherst | --- | --- |
| Ashley Drohan | Halifax | --- | --- |
| Benjamin Heisler | Kentville | --- |
63 days
|
| Blair MacDonald | Yarmouth | --- | --- |
| Chakshu Sahi | New Glasgow | --- | --- |
| Colin McWilliams | Amherst | --- | --- |
| Dafydd Alexander Davies | Halifax | --- | --- |
| David MacFarlane | Kentville |
153 days
|
--- |
| James C Ellsmere | Halifax | --- | --- |
| Krista de Boer | Antigonish | --- | --- |
| Nabil Nader | Amherst | --- | --- |
| Victoria Smith | Bridgewater | --- | --- |
Wait Times Trends
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