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? 111days
Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 63days

Wait times

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney Cape Breton Regional Hospital 47
days
36
days
Middleton Soldiers Memorial Hospital 41
days
76
days
Antigonish St. Martha's Regional Hospital 81
days
56
days
Halifax QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites) 82
days
57
days
Truro Colchester East Hants Health Centre 152
days
59
days
Amherst Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre 228
days
56
days
Yarmouth Yarmouth Regional Hospital 264
days
45
days
Bridgewater South Shore Regional Hospital 128
days
216
days

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney Cape Breton Regional Hospital 132
days
96
days
Middleton Soldiers Memorial Hospital 74
days
220
days
Truro Colchester East Hants Health Centre 211
days
110
days
Amherst Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre 275
days
84
days
Antigonish St. Martha's Regional Hospital 211
days
172
days
Halifax QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites) 198
days
222
days
Yarmouth Yarmouth Regional Hospital 350
days
119
days
Bridgewater South Shore Regional Hospital 207
days
378
days

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
41
days
Hiron Kettledas Sydney 39
days
41
days
Karen Koetsie Sydney 42
days
39
days
Paul E Rafuse Halifax 39
days
50
days
Stanley George Halifax 57
days
47
days
Daniel Michael O'Brien Halifax 86
days
34
days
Pieter Oosthuizen Sydney 91
days
48
days
Robert Scott Middleton 39
days
101
days
Anu Mishra Halifax 49
days
94
days
David Comstock Middleton 40
days
103
days
Jennifer Gao Antigonish 83
days
60
days
Mustafa Kapasi Antigonish 111
days
37
days
Alexander Tan Halifax 136
days
29
days
Brennan Eadie Halifax 111
days
57
days
Marcelo Nicolela Halifax 88
days
85
days
Jeremy Murphy Halifax 93
days
82
days
Ahsen Ayyaz Hussain Halifax 118
days
73
days
Rudra Rishi Gupta Halifax 128
days
75
days
Claire Hamilton Antigonish 161
days
43
days
Carolina Lampert Monte Francisconi Halifax 86
days
132
days
Dilys Oladiwura Antigonish 107
days
123
days
John D Dickinson Halifax 111
days
160
days
Lesya Shuba Amherst 233
days
50
days
Paul Cheevers Yarmouth 171
days
134
days
Christopher Seamone Halifax 149
days
168
days
Amr M Zaki Halifax 195
days
142
days
Alexandre Guy William de Saint Sardos Bridgewater 103
days
246
days
Jamie Rogers Truro 267
days
124
days
Colin Mann Bridgewater 120
days
312
days
Arif Samad Halifax --- 141
days
Bashar Bata Halifax --- ---
Curtis Archibald Halifax --- 26
days

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Saqib Utman Sydney 34
days
48
days
Karen Koetsie Sydney 84
days
90
days
Kristine L Mayer Sydney 126
days
92
days
Paul E Rafuse Halifax 86
days
137
days
Stanley George Halifax 109
days
125
days
Hiron Kettledas Sydney 175
days
76
days
Ahsen Ayyaz Hussain Halifax 122
days
139
days
David Comstock Middleton 78
days
195
days
Mustafa Kapasi Antigonish 209
days
79
days
Anu Mishra Halifax 130
days
169
days
Pieter Oosthuizen Sydney 199
days
103
days
Alexander Tan Halifax 230
days
92
days
Jeremy Murphy Halifax 153
days
175
days
Robert Scott Middleton 107
days
225
days
Claire Hamilton Antigonish 227
days
114
days
Marcelo Nicolela Halifax 151
days
210
days
Brennan Eadie Halifax 189
days
224
days
Daniel Michael O'Brien Halifax 237
days
190
days
Alexandre Guy William de Saint Sardos Bridgewater 133
days
340
days
Jennifer Gao Antigonish 390
days
117
days
Lesya Shuba Amherst 377
days
133
days
Christopher Seamone Halifax 217
days
320
days
Paul Cheevers Yarmouth 311
days
248
days
Dilys Oladiwura Antigonish 319
days
243
days
Colin Mann Bridgewater 174
days
393
days
John D Dickinson Halifax 281
days
291
days
Jamie Rogers Truro 371
days
284
days
Carolina Lampert Monte Francisconi Halifax 172
days
527
days
Amr M Zaki Halifax 335
days
392
days
Rudra Rishi Gupta Halifax 1886
days
156
days
Arif Samad Halifax --- 629
days
Bashar Bata Halifax --- ---
Curtis Archibald Halifax --- 55
days

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.