Gallbladder Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Surgery to remove the gall bladder.

Consult Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 37days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 54days

Wait times

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	25 days	27 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	29 days	27 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	26 days	49 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	28 days	47 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	16 days	60 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	46 days	40 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	31 days	56 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	13 days	75 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	52 days	50 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	33 days	80 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	65 days	78 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	113 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	35 days

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	102 days	49 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	31 days	130 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	44 days	125 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	91 days	105 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	109 days	89 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	54 days	153 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	168 days	128 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	154 days	196 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	168 days	266 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	406 days	80 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	522 days	215 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	278 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	63 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	19 days	20 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	19 days	27 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	19 days	28 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	13 days	39 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	17 days	38 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	28 days	27 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	12 days	46 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	32 days	27 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	14 days	54 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	34 days	34 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	22 days	47 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	45 days	26 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	18 days	53 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	28 days	46 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	33 days	41 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	25 days	50 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	12 days	65 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	35 days	43 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	35 days	43 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	28 days	52 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	25 days	55 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	34 days	52 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	12 days	74 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	40 days	47 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	41 days	49 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	25 days	70 days
John Booth	Truro	31 days	65 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	67 days	40 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	54 days	56 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	53 days	57 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	55 days	62 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	41 days	83 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	47 days	78 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	95 days	36 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	98 days	37 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	68 days	75 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	119 days	34 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	66 days	100 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	136 days	50 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	143 days	47 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	131 days	100 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	134 days	126 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	156 days	107 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	101 days	168 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	137 days	136 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	141 days	145 days
Casey Armstrong	Bridgewater	---	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	214 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Karen Milford	Halifax	---	---

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	29 days	80 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	36 days	73 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	52 days	69 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	77 days	57 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	37 days	105 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	61 days	91 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	55 days	101 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	47 days	112 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	49 days	111 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	37 days	124 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	61 days	113 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	118 days	64 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	54 days	133 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	72 days	131 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	48 days	156 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	108 days	111 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	80 days	145 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	134 days	91 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	147 days	82 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	95 days	151 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	130 days	130 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	197 days	87 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	192 days	92 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	58 days	227 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	54 days	237 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	118 days	177 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	129 days	169 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	175 days	139 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	252 days	90 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	247 days	99 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	41 days	335 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	202 days	196 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	258 days	158 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	168 days	266 days
John Booth	Truro	70 days	371 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	371 days	78 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	251 days	237 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	315 days	211 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	494 days	88 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	325 days	265 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	400 days	222 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	485 days	167 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	448 days	215 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	591 days	220 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	748 days	111 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	669 days	501 days
Casey Armstrong	Bridgewater	---	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	825 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Karen Milford	Halifax	---	---

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50%	Consult - 90%	Surgery - 50%	Surgery - 90%
2022 Jan-Mar	43	186	55	182
2022 Apr-Jun	36	190	59	169
2022 Jul-Sep	36	163	58	196
2022 Oct-Dec	34	186	63	212
2023 Jan-Mar	35	249	53	203
2023 Apr-Jun	32	217	56	200
2023 Jul-Sep	47	232	55	153
2023 Oct-Dec	35	178	50	176
2024 Jan-Mar	37	246	54	181

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.

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Gallbladder Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

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Wait Times Trends

Gallbladder Surgery

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