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Gastric Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Surgery of the stomach. 

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
48 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
86 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
41 days
79 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
48 days
92 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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33 days
Truro
Colchester Regional Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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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%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
8 days
31 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
19 days
36 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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12 days
Truro
Colchester Regional Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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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: 
August 1 2016 - July 31 2017
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2017

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
31 days
70 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio
Halifax
55 days
78 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
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110 days
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
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Jessica Louise Mills
Halifax
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77 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
---
92 days
Mark J Walsh
Halifax
14 days
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
33 days
Rodrigo Luiz Romao
Halifax
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71 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%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
19 days
25 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio
Halifax
19 days
50 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
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37 days
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
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Jessica Louise Mills
Halifax
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29 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
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32 days
Mark J Walsh
Halifax
8 days
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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12 days
Rodrigo Luiz Romao
Halifax
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26 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: 
August 1 2016 - July 31 2017
Next Update: 
September 2017
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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