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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 ?
470 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
401 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facilitysort ascending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
470 days
525 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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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 Facilitysort ascending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
63 days
88 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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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 2019 - November 30 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
January 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Aneil Arvind Mujoomdar
Halifax
77 days
344 days
Daniel Gerard French
Halifax
35 days
350 days
Madelaine M Plourde
Halifax
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1183 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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James C Ellsmere
Halifax
374 days
85 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
630 days
401 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Alison Wallace
Halifax
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886 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
Aneil Arvind Mujoomdar
Halifax
45 days
10 days
Daniel Gerard French
Halifax
31 days
23 days
Madelaine M Plourde
Halifax
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608 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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James C Ellsmere
Halifax
64 days
23 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
412 days
239 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Alison Wallace
Halifax
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204 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 2019 - November 30 2020
Next Update: 
January 2021
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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