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Breast Reduction Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

This surgical procedure reduces the size of breasts by removing fat, skin, and glandular tissue.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
349 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
365 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
349 days
294 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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381 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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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 Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
302 days
87 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
---
167 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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---
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
---
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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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: 
May 1 - July 31 2017
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2017

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
John D Stein
Halifax
53 days
87 days
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
24 days
300 days
Louis Boileau
Bridgewater
221 days
119 days
Justin L Paletz
Halifax
324 days
146 days
Jason G Williams
Halifax
595 days
55 days
Michael Brennan
Antigonish
245 days
405 days
Martin LeBlanc
Halifax
437 days
240 days
Richard Bendor-Samuel
Halifax
539 days
238 days
David Hayden
Bridgewater
623 days
314 days
George R Davis
Dartmouth
---
355 days
Lisa Marie Dickson
Bridgewater
---
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Simon Frank
Halifax
---
153 days
Steven F Morris
Halifax
---
419 days

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 Time
John D Stein
Halifax
20 days
52 days
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
18 days
60 days
Justin L Paletz
Halifax
84 days
91 days
Louis Boileau
Bridgewater
171 days
53 days
David Hayden
Bridgewater
69 days
209 days
Richard Bendor-Samuel
Halifax
156 days
147 days
Michael Brennan
Antigonish
170 days
179 days
Jason G Williams
Halifax
375 days
35 days
Martin LeBlanc
Halifax
349 days
108 days
George R Davis
Dartmouth
---
215 days
Lisa Marie Dickson
Bridgewater
---
---
Simon Frank
Halifax
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73 days
Steven F Morris
Halifax
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204 days

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: 
August 1 2016 - July 31 2017
Next Update: 
September 2017
Disclaimer: Hospitals 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. Current wait times experienced by some patients may be different.

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