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? 109days
Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 63days

Wait times

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Middleton Soldiers Memorial Hospital 50
days
22
days
Sydney Cape Breton Regional Hospital 45
days
30
days
Halifax QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites) 75
days
54
days
Antigonish St. Martha's Regional Hospital 92
days
62
days
Truro Colchester East Hants Health Centre 150
days
63
days
Amherst Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre 219
days
63
days
Yarmouth Yarmouth Regional Hospital 297
days
38
days
Bridgewater South Shore Regional Hospital 134
days
223
days

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney Cape Breton Regional Hospital 139
days
84
days
Truro Colchester East Hants Health Centre 219
days
97
days
Middleton Soldiers Memorial Hospital 161
days
170
days
Amherst Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre 256
days
84
days
Antigonish St. Martha's Regional Hospital 222
days
169
days
Halifax QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites) 203
days
198
days
Yarmouth Yarmouth Regional Hospital 373
days
76
days
Bridgewater South Shore Regional Hospital 337
days
379
days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Saqib Utman Sydney 6
days
19
days
Kristine L Mayer Sydney 33
days
42
days
Hiron Kettledas Sydney 39
days
38
days
Karen Koetsie Sydney 42
days
39
days
Paul E Rafuse Halifax 45
days
55
days
Stanley George Halifax 53
days
49
days
Daniel Michael O'Brien Halifax 83
days
34
days
Robert Scott Middleton 42
days
92
days
David Comstock Middleton 41
days
97
days
Mustafa Kapasi Antigonish 101
days
37
days
Jennifer Gao Antigonish 78
days
61
days
Pieter Oosthuizen Sydney 90
days
49
days
Marcelo Nicolela Halifax 82
days
78
days
Brennan Eadie Halifax 115
days
51
days
Alexander Tan Halifax 138
days
29
days
Jeremy Murphy Halifax 93
days
80
days
Anu Mishra Halifax 64
days
120
days
Claire Hamilton Antigonish 154
days
43
days
Arif Samad Halifax 73
days
141
days
Carolina Lampert Monte Francisconi Halifax 86
days
146
days
Rudra Rishi Gupta Halifax 144
days
90
days
Dilys Oladiwura Antigonish 107
days
130
days
John D Dickinson Halifax 111
days
151
days
Lesya Shuba Amherst 231
days
52
days
Paul Cheevers Yarmouth 173
days
129
days
Amr M Zaki Halifax 188
days
126
days
Christopher Seamone Halifax 146
days
168
days
Jamie Rogers Truro 208
days
106
days
Alexandre Guy William de Saint Sardos Bridgewater 110
days
236
days
Colin Mann Bridgewater 127
days
316
days
Ahsen Ayyaz Hussain Halifax --- 60
days
Bashar Bata Halifax --- ---
Curtis Archibald Halifax --- 26
days

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Saqib Utman Sydney 33
days
48
days
Karen Koetsie Sydney 84
days
101
days
Paul E Rafuse Halifax 86
days
132
days
Kristine L Mayer Sydney 136
days
91
days
Stanley George Halifax 93
days
136
days
Hiron Kettledas Sydney 166
days
72
days
David Comstock Middleton 78
days
183
days
Mustafa Kapasi Antigonish 201
days
79
days
Pieter Oosthuizen Sydney 186
days
103
days
Alexander Tan Halifax 230
days
78
days
Jeremy Murphy Halifax 149
days
175
days
Anu Mishra Halifax 132
days
194
days
Robert Scott Middleton 109
days
225
days
Claire Hamilton Antigonish 227
days
113
days
Marcelo Nicolela Halifax 151
days
220
days
Daniel Michael O'Brien Halifax 233
days
163
days
Brennan Eadie Halifax 197
days
224
days
Alexandre Guy William de Saint Sardos Bridgewater 139
days
320
days
Lesya Shuba Amherst 380
days
134
days
Christopher Seamone Halifax 181
days
334
days
Jennifer Gao Antigonish 421
days
118
days
Paul Cheevers Yarmouth 322
days
242
days
John D Dickinson Halifax 281
days
290
days
Colin Mann Bridgewater 182
days
398
days
Dilys Oladiwura Antigonish 401
days
243
days
Jamie Rogers Truro 371
days
274
days
Amr M Zaki Halifax 337
days
406
days
Carolina Lampert Monte Francisconi Halifax 217
days
528
days
Arif Samad Halifax 120
days
719
days
Rudra Rishi Gupta Halifax 1886
days
156
days
Ahsen Ayyaz Hussain Halifax --- 92
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.