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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 ?
273 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
286 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
50 days
126 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
202 days
26 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
161 days
221 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
337 days
69 days
Middleton
Soldiers Memorial Hospital
120 days
323 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
321 days
131 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
280 days
190 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
252 days
303 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%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
36 days
52 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
118 days
21 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
116 days
43 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
91 days
91 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
200 days
20 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
113 days
110 days
Middleton
Soldiers Memorial Hospital
48 days
274 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
211 days
155 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: 
March 1 - May 31 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
July 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Pieter Oosthuizen
Glace Bay
113 days
28 days
Andrew C Orr
Amherst
65 days
80 days
Stanley George
Halifax
63 days
137 days
Alexandre Guy William de Saint Sardos
Bridgewater
105 days
124 days
Darrell Lewis
Halifax
121 days
111 days
Jennifer Gao
Antigonish
159 days
89 days
Curtis Archibald
Halifax
77 days
196 days
Paul Cheevers
Yarmouth
252 days
45 days
Alexander Tan
Halifax
170 days
154 days
Paul E Rafuse
Halifax
146 days
208 days
Rudra Rishi Gupta
Halifax
58 days
316 days
John D Dickinson
Halifax
213 days
172 days
Kristine L Mayer
Glace Bay
272 days
124 days
Brennan Eadie
Halifax
224 days
174 days
Colin Mann
Bridgewater
166 days
237 days
Claire Hamilton
Antigonish
287 days
118 days
Mustafa Kapasi
Antigonish
295 days
110 days
Jamie Rogers
Truro
224 days
194 days
Christopher Seamone
Halifax
153 days
270 days
Robert Scott
Middleton
143 days
304 days
Ahsen Ayyaz Hussain
Halifax
368 days
120 days
David Comstock
Middleton
179 days
322 days
Daniel Michael O'Brien
Halifax
230 days
295 days
Marcelo Nicolela
Halifax
273 days
275 days
Hesham Lakosha
Halifax
94 days
459 days
Jeremy Murphy
Halifax
302 days
416 days
Lesya Shuba
Halifax
910 days
392 days
Arif Samad
Halifax
1276 days
162 days
Carolina Lampert Monte Francisconi
Halifax
---
35 days
Mishari M Dahrab
Halifax
---
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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%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Pieter Oosthuizen
Glace Bay
20 days
13 days
Andrew C Orr
Amherst
36 days
32 days
Jennifer Gao
Antigonish
21 days
49 days
Stanley George
Halifax
41 days
52 days
Darrell Lewis
Halifax
71 days
55 days
Daniel Michael O'Brien
Halifax
36 days
95 days
Curtis Archibald
Halifax
41 days
92 days
Alexandre Guy William de Saint Sardos
Bridgewater
61 days
80 days
Paul Cheevers
Yarmouth
130 days
16 days
Kristine L Mayer
Glace Bay
90 days
57 days
Alexander Tan
Halifax
92 days
61 days
Claire Hamilton
Antigonish
113 days
57 days
Christopher Seamone
Halifax
64 days
112 days
Mustafa Kapasi
Antigonish
160 days
48 days
Marcelo Nicolela
Halifax
67 days
143 days
Ahsen Ayyaz Hussain
Halifax
153 days
70 days
Paul E Rafuse
Halifax
65 days
163 days
John D Dickinson
Halifax
113 days
117 days
Arif Samad
Halifax
182 days
50 days
Brennan Eadie
Halifax
137 days
113 days
Colin Mann
Bridgewater
91 days
162 days
Rudra Rishi Gupta
Halifax
24 days
242 days
Robert Scott
Middleton
76 days
193 days
Jamie Rogers
Truro
195 days
154 days
David Comstock
Middleton
126 days
243 days
Lesya Shuba
Halifax
120 days
259 days
Jeremy Murphy
Halifax
152 days
241 days
Hesham Lakosha
Halifax
47 days
396 days
Carolina Lampert Monte Francisconi
Halifax
---
15 days
Mishari M Dahrab
Halifax
---
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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: 
June 1 2019 - May 31 2020
Next Update: 
July 2020
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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