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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 ?

356 days

Surgery

Nova Scotia

90% of people served within ?

401 days

Wait Times

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	388 days	82 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	317 days	207 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	255 days	278 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	260 days	295 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	286 days	279 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	476 days	106 days
Middleton	Soldiers Memorial Hospital	211 days	433 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	366 days	485 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	---	---

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	48 days	27 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	151 days	64 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	92 days	196 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	108 days	198 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	232 days	118 days
Middleton	Soldiers Memorial Hospital	75 days	342 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	224 days	215 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	252 days	221 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Hiron Kettledas	Glace Bay	73 days	28 days
Andrew C Orr	Amherst	56 days	69 days
Jayavani Myneni	Middleton	107 days	60 days
Stanley George	Halifax	161 days	219 days
Jennifer Gao	Antigonish	261 days	134 days
Mustafa Kapasi	Antigonish	307 days	136 days
Paul Freund	Halifax	268 days	178 days
Paul Cheevers	Yarmouth	269 days	185 days
Andrew C Orr	Amherst	224 days	231 days
Ahsen Ayyaz Hussain	Halifax	242 days	238 days
Alexandre Guy William de Saint Sardos	Bridgewater	255 days	228 days
Colin Mann	Bridgewater	188 days	307 days
Daniel Belliveau	Sydney	344 days	161 days
Rudra Rishi Gupta	Halifax	134 days	387 days
Robert Scott	Middleton	132 days	400 days
Darrell Lewis	Halifax	281 days	259 days
Paul E Rafuse	Halifax	169 days	372 days
Alexander Tan	Halifax	360 days	196 days
Kristine L Mayer	Glace Bay	425 days	143 days
Jamie Rogers	Truro	299 days	274 days
John D Dickinson	Halifax	310 days	271 days
Marcelo Nicolela	Halifax	256 days	332 days
Daniel Michael O'Brien	Halifax	304 days	310 days
Pieter Oosthuizen	Glace Bay	359 days	259 days
Pieter Oosthuizen	Glace Bay	359 days	259 days
Christopher Seamone	Halifax	239 days	410 days
Curtis Archibald	Halifax	292 days	364 days
David Comstock	Middleton	244 days	426 days
Claire Hamilton	Antigonish	525 days	169 days
Brennan Eadie	Halifax	459 days	290 days
Hesham Lakosha	Halifax	225 days	553 days
Jeremy Murphy	Halifax	281 days	530 days
Lesya Shuba	Halifax	1207 days	510 days
Arif Samad	Halifax	1551 days	290 days
Carolina Lampert Monte Francisconi	Halifax	---	105 days
John Hamilton	Antigonish	---	---
Mishari M Dahrab	Halifax	---	---
Mishari M Dahrab	Halifax	---	---

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Hiron Kettledas	Glace Bay	20 days	20 days
Andrew C Orr	Amherst	30 days	28 days
Andrew C Orr	Amherst	39 days	40 days
Jayavani Myneni	Middleton	70 days	38 days
Stanley George	Halifax	64 days	75 days
Jennifer Gao	Antigonish	107 days	68 days
Paul Freund	Halifax	123 days	53 days
Paul Cheevers	Yarmouth	154 days	35 days
Alexandre Guy William de Saint Sardos	Bridgewater	86 days	109 days
Mustafa Kapasi	Antigonish	137 days	64 days
Alexander Tan	Halifax	146 days	58 days
Ahsen Ayyaz Hussain	Halifax	104 days	109 days
Daniel Michael O'Brien	Halifax	119 days	94 days
John D Dickinson	Halifax	108 days	125 days
Curtis Archibald	Halifax	70 days	166 days
Darrell Lewis	Halifax	134 days	102 days
Kristine L Mayer	Glace Bay	201 days	49 days
Daniel Belliveau	Sydney	135 days	127 days
Marcelo Nicolela	Halifax	75 days	188 days
Pieter Oosthuizen	Glace Bay	253 days	34 days
Pieter Oosthuizen	Glace Bay	253 days	34 days
Claire Hamilton	Antigonish	251 days	64 days
Rudra Rishi Gupta	Halifax	33 days	294 days
Christopher Seamone	Halifax	93 days	236 days
Paul E Rafuse	Halifax	73 days	259 days
Robert Scott	Middleton	75 days	258 days
Colin Mann	Bridgewater	103 days	232 days
Brennan Eadie	Halifax	249 days	112 days
Jeremy Murphy	Halifax	63 days	315 days
Arif Samad	Halifax	278 days	140 days
Jamie Rogers	Truro	250 days	183 days
David Comstock	Middleton	127 days	321 days
Lesya Shuba	Halifax	208 days	328 days
Hesham Lakosha	Halifax	60 days	482 days
Carolina Lampert Monte Francisconi	Halifax	---	14 days
John Hamilton	Antigonish	---	---
Mishari M Dahrab	Halifax	---	---
Mishari M Dahrab	Halifax	---	---

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