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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 ?
242 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
247 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
97 days
162 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
258 days
30 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
61 days
234 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
245 days
77 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
221 days
202 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
245 days
244 days
Middleton
Soldiers Memorial Hospital
201 days
293 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
259 days
294 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
29 days
48 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
58 days
61 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
88 days
49 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
126 days
16 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
58 days
94 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
136 days
76 days
Middleton
Soldiers Memorial Hospital
126 days
181 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
201 days
140 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: 
May 1 - July 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Darrell Lewis
Halifax
85 days
55 days
Curtis Archibald
Halifax
68 days
122 days
Andrew C Orr
Amherst
55 days
137 days
Stanley George
Halifax
54 days
141 days
Christopher Seamone
Halifax
131 days
78 days
Alexandre Guy William de Saint Sardos
Bridgewater
101 days
112 days
Brennan Eadie
Halifax
127 days
96 days
Alexander Tan
Halifax
103 days
136 days
Amr M Zaki
Halifax
120 days
120 days
Anu Mishra
Halifax
101 days
142 days
Daniel Belliveau
Halifax
125 days
151 days
Colin Mann
Bridgewater
118 days
163 days
Paul Cheevers
Yarmouth
218 days
78 days
John D Dickinson
Halifax
174 days
181 days
Mustafa Kapasi
Antigonish
201 days
162 days
Marcelo Nicolela
Halifax
138 days
233 days
Rudra Rishi Gupta
Halifax
83 days
289 days
Ahsen Ayyaz Hussain
Halifax
302 days
84 days
Jamie Rogers
Truro
208 days
190 days
Kristine L Mayer
Glace Bay
327 days
75 days
Paul E Rafuse
Halifax
191 days
215 days
Robert Scott
Middleton
179 days
260 days
Saraswati Sivakumar
Glace Bay
405 days
103 days
John Hamilton
Antigonish
210 days
299 days
David Comstock
Middleton
201 days
344 days
Jeremy Murphy
Halifax
287 days
271 days
Daniel Michael O'Brien
Halifax
132 days
587 days
Hesham Lakosha
Halifax
239 days
526 days
Lesya Shuba
Halifax
910 days
330 days
Arif Samad
Halifax
---
97 days
Carolina Lampert Monte Francisconi
Halifax
---
6 days
Mohamed Tawfik Akif Albahiti
Halifax
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Monica Carrillo
Glace Bay
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110 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
Brennan Eadie
Halifax
29 days
23 days
Darrell Lewis
Halifax
39 days
21 days
Andrew C Orr
Amherst
27 days
47 days
Curtis Archibald
Halifax
33 days
42 days
Stanley George
Halifax
29 days
68 days
Alexandre Guy William de Saint Sardos
Bridgewater
51 days
48 days
Christopher Seamone
Halifax
65 days
34 days
Anu Mishra
Halifax
53 days
63 days
Daniel Michael O'Brien
Halifax
10 days
114 days
Paul Cheevers
Yarmouth
111 days
25 days
Alexander Tan
Halifax
79 days
65 days
Amr M Zaki
Halifax
110 days
53 days
Colin Mann
Bridgewater
71 days
97 days
Marcelo Nicolela
Halifax
71 days
99 days
Daniel Belliveau
Halifax
116 days
62 days
Saraswati Sivakumar
Glace Bay
162 days
28 days
Mustafa Kapasi
Antigonish
101 days
93 days
John D Dickinson
Halifax
99 days
103 days
Rudra Rishi Gupta
Halifax
31 days
190 days
Paul E Rafuse
Halifax
97 days
134 days
Kristine L Mayer
Glace Bay
204 days
41 days
John Hamilton
Antigonish
49 days
198 days
Lesya Shuba
Halifax
98 days
174 days
Ahsen Ayyaz Hussain
Halifax
246 days
37 days
Robert Scott
Middleton
131 days
164 days
Jamie Rogers
Truro
179 days
141 days
Jeremy Murphy
Halifax
196 days
147 days
David Comstock
Middleton
145 days
242 days
Hesham Lakosha
Halifax
70 days
318 days
Arif Samad
Halifax
---
19 days
Carolina Lampert Monte Francisconi
Halifax
---
6 days
Mohamed Tawfik Akif Albahiti
Halifax
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Monica Carrillo
Glace Bay
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55 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 2018 - July 31 2019
Next Update: 
September 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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