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Bowel Resection - Open

Service/Procedure Summary

The surgical removal of part of the intestines.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
105 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
165 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
25 days
34 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
91 days
50 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
17 days
61 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
189 days
85 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
78 days
95 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
105 days
165 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
44 days
175 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
98 days
188 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
159 days
272 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
6 days
9 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
14 days
22 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
14 days
26 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
24 days
26 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
28 days
26 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
14 days
29 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
39 days
32 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
19 days
32 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
18 days
37 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
February 1 2022 - January 31 2023
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
March 2023

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
59 days
24 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
15 days
27 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio
Halifax
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31 days
John Booth
Truro
41 days
43 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
21 days
43 days
Rhys Kavanagh
Bridgewater
43 days
47 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
36 days
50 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
98 days
68 days
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
69 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
55 days
73 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
77 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
27 days
99 days
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
131 days
111 days
David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
165 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
---
173 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
185 days
John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
88 days
188 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
25 days
255 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
604 days
439 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
---
671 days
Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
---
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Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
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Benjamin Heisler
Kentville
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
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Warren W Shih
Dartmouth
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Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
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Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
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Martin Dzierzanowski
Truro
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Alison Archibald
Sydney
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
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C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Colin McWilliams
Amherst
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Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
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Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
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Mark J Walsh
Halifax
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Alicia Lamey
Sydney
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Gregory Knapp
Halifax
---
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Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
6 days
7 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
27 days
9 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
16 days
21 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio
Halifax
---
22 days
John Booth
Truro
14 days
24 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
32 days
26 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
27 days
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
27 days
29 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
19 days
29 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
10 days
29 days
David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
30 days
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
33 days
Rhys Kavanagh
Bridgewater
11 days
33 days
John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
46 days
38 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
14 days
39 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
18 days
45 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
52 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
---
60 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
---
68 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
69 days
269 days
Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
---
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Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
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Benjamin Heisler
Kentville
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
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Warren W Shih
Dartmouth
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Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
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Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
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Martin Dzierzanowski
Truro
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Alison Archibald
Sydney
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
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C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Colin McWilliams
Amherst
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Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
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Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
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Mark J Walsh
Halifax
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Alicia Lamey
Sydney
---
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Gregory Knapp
Halifax
---
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Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
February 1 2022 - January 31 2023
Next Update: 
March 2023
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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