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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 ?
215 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
212 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Truro
Colchester Regional Hospital
66 days
147 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
60 days
165 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
119 days
193 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
167 days
167 days
Middleton
Soldiers Memorial Hospital
175 days
244 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
226 days
201 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
222 days
218 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
333 days
139 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
469 days
234 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
22 days
22 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
61 days
76 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
89 days
48 days
Truro
Colchester Regional Hospital
55 days
103 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
103 days
76 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
154 days
42 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
125 days
99 days
Middleton
Soldiers Memorial Hospital
114 days
148 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
112 days
180 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: 
May 1 - July 31 2017
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2017

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Andrew C Orr
Amherst
77 days
97 days
Anu Mishra
Halifax
92 days
97 days
Jamie Rogers
Truro
68 days
159 days
John D Dickinson
Halifax
80 days
170 days
Monica Carrillo
Glace Bay
159 days
104 days
Stanley George
Halifax
134 days
150 days
Alexandre Guy William De saint sardos
Bridgewater
186 days
102 days
Rudra Rishi Gupta
Halifax
112 days
190 days
Curtis Archibald
Halifax
114 days
189 days
Alexander Tan
Halifax
180 days
133 days
Kenneth Hammel
New Glasgow
139 days
190 days
Robert Scott
Middleton
158 days
190 days
Kristine L Mayer
Glace Bay
268 days
103 days
Lesya Shuba
Halifax
152 days
263 days
Colin Mann
Bridgewater
190 days
247 days
Daniel Michael O'Brien
Halifax
160 days
286 days
David Comstock
Middleton
187 days
273 days
Daniel Belliveau
Halifax
211 days
253 days
Hesham Lakosha
Halifax
266 days
214 days
Paul E Rafuse
Halifax
245 days
257 days
Paul Cheevers
Yarmouth
304 days
201 days
Raj Mohandas
Antigonish
398 days
160 days
Rani Nasib Al karmi
Glace Bay
390 days
173 days
Saraswati Sivakumar
Glace Bay
315 days
260 days
Christopher Seamone
Halifax
490 days
114 days
M. Margaret Silver
Antigonish
532 days
142 days
Jeremy Murphy
Halifax
511 days
197 days
Marcelo Nicolela
Halifax
441 days
395 days
Arif Samad
Halifax
---
211 days
G Robert Laroche
Halifax
---
---
Johane Robitaille
Halifax
---
---
John Hamilton
Antigonish
---
244 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
Anu Mishra
Halifax
36 days
41 days
Andrew C Orr
Amherst
44 days
34 days
John D Dickinson
Halifax
48 days
68 days
Curtis Archibald
Halifax
57 days
60 days
Christopher Seamone
Halifax
99 days
21 days
Jeremy Murphy
Halifax
92 days
34 days
Rudra Rishi Gupta
Halifax
39 days
96 days
Daniel Michael O'Brien
Halifax
10 days
129 days
Lesya Shuba
Halifax
59 days
88 days
Monica Carrillo
Glace Bay
95 days
53 days
Stanley George
Halifax
77 days
76 days
Jamie Rogers
Truro
47 days
110 days
Saraswati Sivakumar
Glace Bay
120 days
41 days
M. Margaret Silver
Antigonish
83 days
86 days
Hesham Lakosha
Halifax
97 days
76 days
Kristine L Mayer
Glace Bay
139 days
35 days
Alexandre Guy William De saint sardos
Bridgewater
118 days
62 days
Alexander Tan
Halifax
119 days
63 days
Paul Cheevers
Yarmouth
131 days
62 days
Rani Nasib Al karmi
Glace Bay
126 days
76 days
Robert Scott
Middleton
112 days
94 days
Raj Mohandas
Antigonish
116 days
97 days
Kenneth Hammel
New Glasgow
96 days
174 days
Colin Mann
Bridgewater
120 days
153 days
David Comstock
Middleton
132 days
162 days
Marcelo Nicolela
Halifax
82 days
230 days
Daniel Belliveau
Halifax
174 days
169 days
Paul E Rafuse
Halifax
184 days
166 days
Arif Samad
Halifax
---
134 days
G Robert Laroche
Halifax
---
---
Johane Robitaille
Halifax
---
---
John Hamilton
Antigonish
---
160 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 2016 - July 31 2017
Next Update: 
September 2017
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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