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.
Wait Times
90%
Community | Facility | Consult Wait Time | Surgery Wait Time |
---|---|---|---|
Sydney |
Cape Breton Regional Hospital |
132 days |
75 days |
Middleton |
Soldiers Memorial Hospital |
104 days |
190 days |
Amherst |
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre |
274 days |
62 days |
Antigonish |
St. Martha's Regional Hospital |
272 days |
106 days |
Yarmouth |
Yarmouth Regional Hospital |
183 days |
267 days |
Halifax |
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites) |
194 days |
263 days |
Bridgewater |
South Shore Regional Hospital |
133 days |
414 days |
Truro |
Colchester East Hants Health Centre |
318 days |
343 days |
Halifax |
IWK Health Centre |
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50%
Community | Facility | Consult Wait Time | Surgery Wait Time |
---|---|---|---|
Sydney |
Cape Breton Regional Hospital |
33 days |
32 days |
Halifax |
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites) |
71 days |
56 days |
Middleton |
Soldiers Memorial Hospital |
27 days |
113 days |
Antigonish |
St. Martha's Regional Hospital |
141 days |
55 days |
Yarmouth |
Yarmouth Regional Hospital |
92 days |
173 days |
Amherst |
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre |
254 days |
50 days |
Bridgewater |
South Shore Regional Hospital |
102 days |
267 days |
Truro |
Colchester East Hants Health Centre |
308 days |
253 days |
Halifax |
IWK Health Centre |
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Wait Times by Surgeon
90%
Surgeon | Community | Consult Wait Time | Surgery Wait Time |
---|---|---|---|
Sydney |
48 days |
48 days |
|
Halifax |
42 days |
86 days |
|
Halifax |
62 days |
92 days |
|
Halifax |
111 days |
61 days |
|
Sydney |
116 days |
72 days |
|
Sydney |
163 days |
92 days |
|
Sydney |
182 days |
95 days |
|
Antigonish |
137 days |
145 days |
|
Halifax |
151 days |
142 days |
|
Halifax |
110 days |
183 days |
|
Halifax |
142 days |
163 days |
|
Halifax |
175 days |
155 days |
|
Middleton |
121 days |
211 days |
|
Sydney |
235 days |
111 days |
|
Halifax |
161 days |
192 days |
|
Halifax |
234 days |
155 days |
|
Middleton |
157 days |
246 days |
|
Bridgewater |
114 days |
331 days |
|
Yarmouth |
217 days |
238 days |
|
Antigonish |
345 days |
117 days |
|
Halifax |
210 days |
253 days |
|
Halifax |
152 days |
327 days |
|
Bridgewater |
141 days |
357 days |
|
Halifax |
228 days |
281 days |
|
Middleton |
182 days |
330 days |
|
Antigonish |
408 days |
113 days |
|
Antigonish |
440 days |
82 days |
|
Halifax |
207 days |
339 days |
|
Halifax |
223 days |
344 days |
|
Truro |
315 days |
355 days |
|
Amherst |
550 days |
172 days |
|
Halifax |
368 days |
372 days |
|
Halifax |
490 days |
315 days |
|
Halifax |
--- |
594 days |
|
Halifax |
--- |
162 days |
|
Halifax |
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50%
Surgeon | Community | Consult Wait Time | Surgery Wait Time |
---|---|---|---|
Sydney |
13 days |
11 days |
|
Sydney |
13 days |
32 days |
|
Sydney |
31 days |
32 days |
|
Halifax |
28 days |
40 days |
|
Halifax |
51 days |
23 days |
|
Sydney |
50 days |
28 days |
|
Halifax |
48 days |
37 days |
|
Halifax |
64 days |
29 days |
|
Halifax |
28 days |
70 days |
|
Halifax |
82 days |
36 days |
|
Middleton |
45 days |
95 days |
|
Sydney |
101 days |
42 days |
|
Antigonish |
66 days |
87 days |
|
Halifax |
105 days |
65 days |
|
Halifax |
66 days |
107 days |
|
Middleton |
49 days |
127 days |
|
Halifax |
56 days |
120 days |
|
Halifax |
67 days |
114 days |
|
Middleton |
48 days |
148 days |
|
Halifax |
104 days |
95 days |
|
Antigonish |
202 days |
43 days |
|
Antigonish |
182 days |
64 days |
|
Halifax |
124 days |
132 days |
|
Halifax |
124 days |
140 days |
|
Yarmouth |
136 days |
136 days |
|
Halifax |
144 days |
148 days |
|
Antigonish |
244 days |
61 days |
|
Amherst |
259 days |
51 days |
|
Bridgewater |
71 days |
244 days |
|
Bridgewater |
115 days |
257 days |
|
Halifax |
195 days |
182 days |
|
Halifax |
117 days |
264 days |
|
Truro |
229 days |
276 days |
|
Halifax |
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88 days |
|
Halifax |
--- |
30 days |
|
Halifax |
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