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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 ?
245 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
237 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
31 days
152 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
95 days
151 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
270 days
54 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
324 days
63 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
221 days
201 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
218 days
251 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
257 days
261 days
Middleton
Soldiers Memorial Hospital
220 days
307 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
18 days
41 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
49 days
54 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
64 days
83 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
134 days
19 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
124 days
79 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
173 days
44 days
Middleton
Soldiers Memorial Hospital
131 days
176 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
183 days
152 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: 
March 1 - May 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
July 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Darrell Lewis
Halifax
88 days
51 days
Brennan Eadie
Halifax
71 days
74 days
Curtis Archibald
Halifax
47 days
130 days
Andrew C Orr
Amherst
52 days
134 days
Christopher Seamone
Halifax
123 days
75 days
Stanley George
Halifax
64 days
141 days
Alexandre Guy William de Saint Sardos
Bridgewater
103 days
112 days
Amr M Zaki
Halifax
120 days
106 days
Alexander Tan
Halifax
103 days
135 days
Anu Mishra
Halifax
101 days
142 days
Daniel Belliveau
Halifax
126 days
136 days
Colin Mann
Bridgewater
120 days
152 days
Mustafa Kapasi
Antigonish
180 days
162 days
Ahsen Ayyaz Hussain
Halifax
288 days
69 days
Paul Cheevers
Yarmouth
214 days
149 days
John D Dickinson
Halifax
172 days
193 days
Jamie Rogers
Truro
196 days
189 days
Rudra Rishi Gupta
Halifax
122 days
264 days
Marcelo Nicolela
Halifax
159 days
239 days
Kristine L Mayer
Glace Bay
332 days
71 days
Paul E Rafuse
Halifax
213 days
211 days
Robert Scott
Middleton
179 days
267 days
John Hamilton
Antigonish
156 days
311 days
Jeremy Murphy
Halifax
288 days
236 days
Saraswati Sivakumar
Glace Bay
427 days
103 days
David Comstock
Middleton
202 days
342 days
Hesham Lakosha
Halifax
275 days
481 days
Daniel Michael O'Brien
Halifax
161 days
596 days
Lesya Shuba
Halifax
908 days
329 days
Arif Samad
Halifax
---
99 days
Carolina Lampert Monte Francisconi
Halifax
---
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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
Brennan Eadie
Halifax
22 days
21 days
Darrell Lewis
Halifax
33 days
20 days
Andrew C Orr
Amherst
24 days
46 days
Curtis Archibald
Halifax
29 days
42 days
Christopher Seamone
Halifax
68 days
28 days
Stanley George
Halifax
29 days
68 days
Alexandre Guy William de Saint Sardos
Bridgewater
51 days
48 days
Anu Mishra
Halifax
49 days
63 days
Daniel Michael O'Brien
Halifax
7 days
114 days
Alexander Tan
Halifax
79 days
59 days
Paul Cheevers
Yarmouth
112 days
31 days
Colin Mann
Bridgewater
66 days
85 days
Amr M Zaki
Halifax
111 days
45 days
Daniel Belliveau
Halifax
115 days
51 days
Mustafa Kapasi
Antigonish
73 days
94 days
Marcelo Nicolela
Halifax
74 days
98 days
John D Dickinson
Halifax
82 days
97 days
Saraswati Sivakumar
Glace Bay
167 days
27 days
Rudra Rishi Gupta
Halifax
33 days
183 days
Ahsen Ayyaz Hussain
Halifax
208 days
27 days
John Hamilton
Antigonish
43 days
204 days
Kristine L Mayer
Glace Bay
212 days
35 days
Paul E Rafuse
Halifax
119 days
134 days
Lesya Shuba
Halifax
99 days
162 days
Robert Scott
Middleton
131 days
160 days
Jeremy Murphy
Halifax
190 days
105 days
Jamie Rogers
Truro
171 days
138 days
Hesham Lakosha
Halifax
83 days
277 days
David Comstock
Middleton
154 days
251 days
Arif Samad
Halifax
---
24 days
Carolina Lampert Monte Francisconi
Halifax
---
---
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: 
June 1 2018 - May 31 2019
Next Update: 
July 2019
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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