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Cataract Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Cataract surgery is the removal of a clouded lens (or cataract) from the eye to improve vision. The wait time shown is for patients who had their first cataract surgery.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
218 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
262 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
82 days
91 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
97 days
172 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
274 days
51 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
216 days
182 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
282 days
131 days
Middleton
Soldiers Memorial Hospital
161 days
302 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
332 days
201 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
260 days
292 days
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 Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
57 days
36 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
105 days
16 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
90 days
56 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
60 days
102 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
68 days
111 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
204 days
92 days
Middleton
Soldiers Memorial Hospital
111 days
197 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
205 days
145 days
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: 
July 1 - September 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
November 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Darrell Lewis
Halifax
95 days
80 days
Curtis Archibald
Halifax
70 days
122 days
Stanley George
Halifax
58 days
140 days
Alexandre Guy William de Saint Sardos
Bridgewater
94 days
110 days
Andrew C Orr
Amherst
65 days
139 days
Christopher Seamone
Halifax
155 days
81 days
Alexander Tan
Halifax
109 days
140 days
Brennan Eadie
Halifax
144 days
131 days
Daniel Belliveau
Halifax
123 days
155 days
Colin Mann
Bridgewater
102 days
183 days
Paul Cheevers
Yarmouth
221 days
64 days
John D Dickinson
Halifax
175 days
160 days
Rudra Rishi Gupta
Halifax
87 days
289 days
Ahsen Ayyaz Hussain
Halifax
302 days
84 days
Mustafa Kapasi
Antigonish
228 days
162 days
Paul E Rafuse
Halifax
185 days
215 days
Jamie Rogers
Truro
210 days
194 days
Kristine L Mayer
Glace Bay
317 days
91 days
Robert Scott
Middleton
171 days
274 days
Marcelo Nicolela
Halifax
269 days
241 days
David Comstock
Middleton
196 days
334 days
Jeremy Murphy
Halifax
293 days
315 days
John Hamilton
Antigonish
365 days
292 days
Daniel Michael O'Brien
Halifax
81 days
587 days
Hesham Lakosha
Halifax
166 days
529 days
Arif Samad
Halifax
1125 days
97 days
Lesya Shuba
Halifax
908 days
333 days
Carolina Lampert Monte Francisconi
Halifax
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13 days
Mishari M Dahrab
Halifax
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Mohamed Tawfik Akif Albahiti
Halifax
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Monica Carrillo
Glace Bay
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Pieter Oosthuizen
Glace Bay
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8 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
Andrew C Orr
Amherst
31 days
37 days
Darrell Lewis
Halifax
44 days
28 days
Brennan Eadie
Halifax
35 days
40 days
Curtis Archibald
Halifax
34 days
48 days
Stanley George
Halifax
29 days
64 days
Christopher Seamone
Halifax
65 days
35 days
Alexandre Guy William de Saint Sardos
Bridgewater
53 days
53 days
Daniel Michael O'Brien
Halifax
11 days
113 days
Paul Cheevers
Yarmouth
107 days
24 days
Alexander Tan
Halifax
80 days
69 days
Marcelo Nicolela
Halifax
58 days
106 days
Colin Mann
Bridgewater
73 days
106 days
Daniel Belliveau
Halifax
111 days
71 days
John D Dickinson
Halifax
106 days
101 days
Mustafa Kapasi
Antigonish
119 days
95 days
Rudra Rishi Gupta
Halifax
27 days
194 days
Paul E Rafuse
Halifax
82 days
140 days
Arif Samad
Halifax
211 days
13 days
Kristine L Mayer
Glace Bay
184 days
48 days
John Hamilton
Antigonish
53 days
197 days
Ahsen Ayyaz Hussain
Halifax
246 days
42 days
Robert Scott
Middleton
119 days
169 days
Lesya Shuba
Halifax
99 days
205 days
Jamie Rogers
Truro
183 days
147 days
David Comstock
Middleton
139 days
237 days
Jeremy Murphy
Halifax
217 days
170 days
Hesham Lakosha
Halifax
52 days
340 days
Carolina Lampert Monte Francisconi
Halifax
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6 days
Mishari M Dahrab
Halifax
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Mohamed Tawfik Akif Albahiti
Halifax
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Monica Carrillo
Glace Bay
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Pieter Oosthuizen
Glace Bay
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7 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: 
October 1 2018 - September 30 2019
Next Update: 
November 2019
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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