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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 ?

379 days

Surgery

Nova Scotia

90% of people served within ?

293 days

Wait Times

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	147 days	124 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	162 days	190 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	247 days	114 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	178 days	201 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	376 days	99 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	310 days	428 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	674 days	111 days
Middleton	Soldiers Memorial Hospital	388 days	418 days

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Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	42 days	44 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	74 days	69 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	118 days	93 days
Middleton	Soldiers Memorial Hospital	31 days	188 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	197 days	46 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	218 days	54 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	139 days	141 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	162 days	180 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

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Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Saqib Utman	Glace Bay	7 days	62 days
Anu Mishra	Halifax	56 days	42 days
Amr M Zaki	Halifax	77 days	63 days
Hiron Kettledas	Glace Bay	98 days	77 days
Jayavani Myneni	Middleton	98 days	143 days
Stanley George	Halifax	161 days	218 days
Mustafa Kapasi	Antigonish	261 days	133 days
Jennifer Gao	Antigonish	298 days	134 days
Paul Freund	Halifax	267 days	167 days
Colin Mann	Bridgewater	176 days	295 days
Paul Cheevers	Yarmouth	284 days	189 days
Ahsen Ayyaz Hussain	Halifax	254 days	225 days
Alexandre Guy William de Saint Sardos	Bridgewater	254 days	234 days
Daniel Belliveau	Sydney	329 days	161 days
John D Dickinson	Halifax	246 days	271 days
Paul E Rafuse	Halifax	152 days	376 days
Pieter Oosthuizen	Glace Bay	378 days	166 days
Marcelo Nicolela	Halifax	213 days	335 days
Alexander Tan	Halifax	371 days	191 days
Kristine L Mayer	Glace Bay	423 days	143 days
Jamie Rogers	Truro	295 days	272 days
Pieter Oosthuizen	Glace Bay	359 days	259 days
Daniel Michael O'Brien	Halifax	304 days	316 days
Robert Scott	Middleton	186 days	435 days
Christopher Seamone	Halifax	268 days	460 days
Jeremy Murphy	Halifax	162 days	586 days
Darrell Lewis	Halifax	333 days	430 days
David Comstock	Middleton	355 days	430 days
Brennan Eadie	Halifax	468 days	319 days
Hesham Lakosha	Halifax	239 days	570 days
Curtis Archibald	Halifax	437 days	393 days
Claire Hamilton	Antigonish	695 days	157 days
Rudra Rishi Gupta	Halifax	573 days	390 days
Arif Samad	Halifax	1195 days	324 days
Lesya Shuba	Halifax	1060 days	477 days
Carolina Lampert Monte Francisconi	Halifax	---	105 days
Mishari M Dahrab	Halifax	---	---
Mishari M Dahrab	Halifax	---	---

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Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Saqib Utman	Glace Bay	3 days	39 days
Hiron Kettledas	Glace Bay	23 days	28 days
Anu Mishra	Halifax	26 days	29 days
Amr M Zaki	Halifax	51 days	37 days
John D Dickinson	Halifax	66 days	68 days
Jayavani Myneni	Middleton	55 days	86 days
Stanley George	Halifax	65 days	76 days
Daniel Belliveau	Sydney	35 days	127 days
Pieter Oosthuizen	Glace Bay	133 days	33 days
Daniel Michael O'Brien	Halifax	109 days	78 days
Marcelo Nicolela	Halifax	79 days	110 days
Paul Freund	Halifax	149 days	45 days
Mustafa Kapasi	Antigonish	129 days	75 days
Alexandre Guy William de Saint Sardos	Bridgewater	121 days	95 days
Christopher Seamone	Halifax	100 days	121 days
Colin Mann	Bridgewater	108 days	132 days
Paul Cheevers	Yarmouth	174 days	68 days
Alexander Tan	Halifax	188 days	58 days
Curtis Archibald	Halifax	100 days	149 days
Ahsen Ayyaz Hussain	Halifax	119 days	132 days
Jennifer Gao	Antigonish	195 days	61 days
Kristine L Mayer	Glace Bay	227 days	46 days
Lesya Shuba	Halifax	130 days	149 days
Pieter Oosthuizen	Glace Bay	253 days	34 days
Paul E Rafuse	Halifax	45 days	290 days
Brennan Eadie	Halifax	258 days	81 days
Robert Scott	Middleton	78 days	266 days
Rudra Rishi Gupta	Halifax	45 days	300 days
Jamie Rogers	Truro	184 days	190 days
Darrell Lewis	Halifax	195 days	184 days
Arif Samad	Halifax	196 days	204 days
Jeremy Murphy	Halifax	57 days	365 days
Claire Hamilton	Antigonish	406 days	47 days
David Comstock	Middleton	109 days	354 days
Hesham Lakosha	Halifax	51 days	469 days
Carolina Lampert Monte Francisconi	Halifax	---	9 days
Mishari M Dahrab	Halifax	---	---
Mishari M Dahrab	Halifax	---	---

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