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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 ?
331 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
222 days
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Wait Times

90%

Communitysort descending Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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183 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
365 days
218 days
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%

Communitysort descending Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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124 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
90 days
55 days
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 2018
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2018

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Communitysort descending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Michael Brennan
Antigonish
189 days
202 days
Lisa Marie Dickson
Bridgewater
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David Hayden
Bridgewater
447 days
195 days
Louis Boileau
Bridgewater
330 days
154 days
George R Davis
Dartmouth
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Jason G Williams
Halifax
1442 days
221 days
Margaret Wheelock
Halifax
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14 days
David T Tang
Halifax
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Richard Bendor-Samuel
Halifax
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Martin LeBlanc
Halifax
437 days
187 days
Steven F Morris
Halifax
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622 days
Justin L Paletz
Halifax
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147 days
John D Stein
Halifax
117 days
199 days
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
57 days
222 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 Communitysort descending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Michael Brennan
Antigonish
105 days
125 days
Lisa Marie Dickson
Bridgewater
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David Hayden
Bridgewater
30 days
133 days
Louis Boileau
Bridgewater
85 days
125 days
George R Davis
Dartmouth
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Jason G Williams
Halifax
365 days
33 days
Margaret Wheelock
Halifax
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11 days
David T Tang
Halifax
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Richard Bendor-Samuel
Halifax
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Martin LeBlanc
Halifax
345 days
76 days
Steven F Morris
Halifax
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260 days
Justin L Paletz
Halifax
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101 days
John D Stein
Halifax
49 days
67 days
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
21 days
96 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 2017 - July 31 2018
Next Update: 
September 2018
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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