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Gastric Surgery - Laparoscopic

Service/Procedure Summary

This procedure inserts a special camera called a laparoscope into the stomach to examine or repair it.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
211 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
349 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
67 days
83 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
77 days
246 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
212 days
400 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton 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
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
49 days
44 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
15 days
107 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
56 days
67 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton 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
Daniel Gerard French
Halifax
37 days
110 days
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
140 days
68 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
46 days
184 days
Aneil Arvind Mujoomdar
Halifax
64 days
208 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
237 days
349 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
33 days
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Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
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Madelaine M Plourde
Halifax
119 days
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
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83 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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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%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Daniel Gerard French
Halifax
32 days
34 days
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
49 days
26 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
15 days
110 days
Aneil Arvind Mujoomdar
Halifax
34 days
114 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
181 days
189 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
15 days
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Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
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Madelaine M Plourde
Halifax
90 days
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
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50 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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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
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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