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Gastric Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Surgery of the stomach. 

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
73 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
106 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
73 days
105 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
70 days
153 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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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
26 days
14 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
19 days
27 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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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: 
December 1 2020 - November 30 2021
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
January 2022

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Gregory Knapp
Halifax
33 days
67 days
Christopher Blackmore
Halifax
67 days
111 days
Jessica Louise Mills
Halifax
70 days
157 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio
Halifax
83 days
331 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
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Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
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37 days
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
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James C Ellsmere
Halifax
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Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
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24 days
Madelaine M Plourde
Halifax
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Mark J Walsh
Halifax
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Rodrigo Luiz Romao
Halifax
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56 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
Gregory Knapp
Halifax
19 days
22 days
Christopher Blackmore
Halifax
36 days
7 days
Jessica Louise Mills
Halifax
26 days
34 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio
Halifax
34 days
64 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
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Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
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17 days
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
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James C Ellsmere
Halifax
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Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
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15 days
Madelaine M Plourde
Halifax
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Mark J Walsh
Halifax
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Rodrigo Luiz Romao
Halifax
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28 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: 
December 1 2020 - November 30 2021
Next Update: 
January 2022
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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