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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 ?
285 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
394 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
243 days
113 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
232 days
177 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
276 days
145 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
179 days
275 days
Middleton
Soldiers Memorial Hospital
133 days
377 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
308 days
254 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
302 days
511 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
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
128 days
115 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
154 days
110 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
159 days
129 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
146 days
188 days
Middleton
Soldiers Memorial Hospital
112 days
237 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
134 days
224 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
277 days
216 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: 
April 1 - June 30 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
August 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Stanley George
Halifax
69 days
158 days
Darrell Lewis
Halifax
122 days
136 days
Alexandre Guy William de Saint Sardos
Bridgewater
116 days
161 days
Pieter Oosthuizen
Glace Bay
253 days
41 days
Paul Cheevers
Yarmouth
252 days
59 days
Paul Freund
Halifax
174 days
143 days
Curtis Archibald
Halifax
83 days
256 days
Jennifer Gao
Antigonish
217 days
134 days
Alexander Tan
Halifax
191 days
161 days
Paul E Rafuse
Halifax
149 days
218 days
Christopher Seamone
Halifax
92 days
278 days
John D Dickinson
Halifax
223 days
172 days
Rudra Rishi Gupta
Halifax
58 days
338 days
Kristine L Mayer
Glace Bay
274 days
131 days
Brennan Eadie
Halifax
230 days
176 days
Mustafa Kapasi
Antigonish
295 days
127 days
Claire Hamilton
Antigonish
302 days
129 days
Colin Mann
Bridgewater
166 days
265 days
Daniel Belliveau
Sydney
294 days
145 days
Robert Scott
Middleton
142 days
315 days
Jamie Rogers
Truro
278 days
203 days
David Comstock
Middleton
171 days
335 days
Ahsen Ayyaz Hussain
Halifax
365 days
160 days
Daniel Michael O'Brien
Halifax
230 days
310 days
Hesham Lakosha
Halifax
109 days
522 days
Marcelo Nicolela
Halifax
367 days
281 days
Jeremy Murphy
Halifax
306 days
425 days
Lesya Shuba
Halifax
959 days
396 days
Arif Samad
Halifax
1551 days
169 days
Carolina Lampert Monte Francisconi
Halifax
---
49 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
22 days
13 days
Paul Freund
Halifax
27 days
34 days
Jennifer Gao
Antigonish
22 days
57 days
Stanley George
Halifax
42 days
56 days
Darrell Lewis
Halifax
80 days
61 days
Alexandre Guy William de Saint Sardos
Bridgewater
61 days
81 days
Daniel Michael O'Brien
Halifax
49 days
102 days
Paul Cheevers
Yarmouth
133 days
18 days
Curtis Archibald
Halifax
43 days
110 days
Alexander Tan
Halifax
92 days
64 days
Kristine L Mayer
Glace Bay
94 days
62 days
Christopher Seamone
Halifax
58 days
134 days
Claire Hamilton
Antigonish
135 days
66 days
Marcelo Nicolela
Halifax
69 days
144 days
Ahsen Ayyaz Hussain
Halifax
124 days
92 days
Mustafa Kapasi
Antigonish
169 days
50 days
John D Dickinson
Halifax
110 days
117 days
Paul E Rafuse
Halifax
65 days
170 days
Arif Samad
Halifax
182 days
59 days
Brennan Eadie
Halifax
141 days
118 days
Colin Mann
Bridgewater
94 days
170 days
Robert Scott
Middleton
77 days
197 days
Rudra Rishi Gupta
Halifax
25 days
250 days
Jeremy Murphy
Halifax
99 days
247 days
Jamie Rogers
Truro
196 days
155 days
David Comstock
Middleton
127 days
251 days
Daniel Belliveau
Sydney
252 days
129 days
Lesya Shuba
Halifax
121 days
262 days
Hesham Lakosha
Halifax
48 days
416 days
Carolina Lampert Monte Francisconi
Halifax
---
16 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: 
July 1 2019 - June 30 2020
Next Update: 
August 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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