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 50% of people served within? 118days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 98days

Wait times

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	38 days	58 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	89 days	73 days
Middleton	Soldiers Memorial Hospital	69 days	99 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	119 days	76 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	109 days	140 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	253 days	71 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	119 days	234 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	300 days	89 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	126 days	100 days
Middleton	Soldiers Memorial Hospital	130 days	216 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	235 days	160 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	234 days	241 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	314 days	179 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	146 days	369 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	270 days	249 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	373 days	153 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Saqib Utman	Sydney	6 days	18 days
Kristine L Mayer	Sydney	29 days	36 days
Karen Koetsie	Sydney	33 days	36 days
Hiron Kettledas	Sydney	42 days	34 days
Curtis Archibald	Halifax	60 days	21 days
Paul E Rafuse	Halifax	42 days	47 days
Daniel Michael O'Brien	Halifax	68 days	33 days
Stanley George	Halifax	73 days	51 days
Anu Mishra	Halifax	47 days	82 days
Pieter Oosthuizen	Sydney	97 days	39 days
Robert Scott	Middleton	28 days	108 days
David Comstock	Middleton	35 days	104 days
Brennan Eadie	Halifax	77 days	67 days
Alexander Tan	Halifax	124 days	30 days
Jennifer Gao	Antigonish	121 days	43 days
Mustafa Kapasi	Antigonish	133 days	41 days
Jeremy Murphy	Halifax	106 days	75 days
Carolina Lampert Monte Francisconi	Halifax	74 days	109 days
Rudra Rishi Gupta	Halifax	105 days	78 days
Dilys Oladiwura	Antigonish	101 days	102 days
Ahsen Ayyaz Hussain	Halifax	118 days	92 days
Claire Hamilton	Antigonish	162 days	50 days
Marcelo Nicolela	Halifax	91 days	123 days
Paul Cheevers	Yarmouth	121 days	176 days
Lesya Shuba	Amherst	252 days	49 days
Christopher Seamone	Halifax	152 days	178 days
Alexandre Guy William de Saint Sardos	Bridgewater	99 days	245 days
John D Dickinson	Halifax	117 days	243 days
Amr M Zaki	Halifax	195 days	175 days
Colin Mann	Bridgewater	113 days	288 days
Jamie Rogers	Truro	315 days	172 days
Arif Samad	Halifax	---	133 days
Bashar Bata	Halifax	---	---
Mostafa Hanout	Halifax	---	120 days

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Saqib Utman	Sydney	33 days	73 days
Karen Koetsie	Sydney	65 days	87 days
Kristine L Mayer	Sydney	89 days	82 days
Curtis Archibald	Halifax	127 days	51 days
Paul E Rafuse	Halifax	84 days	145 days
Hiron Kettledas	Sydney	166 days	72 days
Anu Mishra	Halifax	113 days	155 days
David Comstock	Middleton	75 days	202 days
Stanley George	Halifax	151 days	141 days
Pieter Oosthuizen	Sydney	225 days	91 days
Robert Scott	Middleton	94 days	223 days
Alexander Tan	Halifax	230 days	106 days
Mustafa Kapasi	Antigonish	251 days	91 days
Marcelo Nicolela	Halifax	167 days	183 days
Claire Hamilton	Antigonish	233 days	120 days
Jeremy Murphy	Halifax	193 days	165 days
Daniel Michael O'Brien	Halifax	237 days	191 days
Brennan Eadie	Halifax	167 days	299 days
Alexandre Guy William de Saint Sardos	Bridgewater	127 days	340 days
Dilys Oladiwura	Antigonish	258 days	213 days
Paul Cheevers	Yarmouth	219 days	256 days
Jennifer Gao	Antigonish	391 days	102 days
Ahsen Ayyaz Hussain	Halifax	183 days	314 days
Lesya Shuba	Amherst	404 days	133 days
Colin Mann	Bridgewater	147 days	400 days
John D Dickinson	Halifax	223 days	342 days
Christopher Seamone	Halifax	287 days	329 days
Carolina Lampert Monte Francisconi	Halifax	189 days	454 days
Jamie Rogers	Truro	371 days	312 days
Amr M Zaki	Halifax	328 days	388 days
Rudra Rishi Gupta	Halifax	678 days	156 days
Arif Samad	Halifax	---	666 days
Bashar Bata	Halifax	---	---
Mostafa Hanout	Halifax	---	183 days

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50%	Consult - 90%	Surgery - 50%	Surgery - 90%
2021 Jul-Sep	118	328	98	260
2021 Oct-Dec	113	276	74	247
2022 Jan-Mar	109	266	85	289
2022 Apr-Jun	104	263	94	320
2022 Jul-Sep	99	271	106	280
2022 Oct-Dec	91	308	80	268
2023 Jan-Mar	88	300	73	279
2023 Apr-Jun	93	342	73	299
2023 Jul-Sep	92	295	89	273

Disclaimer: Hospitals, long-term care facilities, 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.

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Cataract Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

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Wait Times Trends

Cataract Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

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