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Gastric Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Surgery of the stomach. 

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
60 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
118 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort ascending Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
65 days
118 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
42 days
99 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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175 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health 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 Facility Consult Wait Timesort ascending Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
24 days
42 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
23 days
44 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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23 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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---
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health 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: 
March 1 2019 - February 29 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
April 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort ascending Surgery Wait Time
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio
Halifax
75 days
148 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
37 days
94 days
Christopher Blackmore
Halifax
36 days
99 days
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
35 days
73 days
Mark J Walsh
Halifax
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
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140 days
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
---
Rodrigo Luiz Romao
Halifax
---
---
Jessica Louise Mills
Halifax
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85 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
---
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
---
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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 Timesort ascending Surgery Wait Time
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio
Halifax
35 days
71 days
Christopher Blackmore
Halifax
19 days
38 days
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
19 days
37 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
14 days
32 days
Mark J Walsh
Halifax
---
---
Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
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51 days
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
---
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
---
Rodrigo Luiz Romao
Halifax
---
---
Jessica Louise Mills
Halifax
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29 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
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Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
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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: 
March 1 2019 - February 29 2020
Next Update: 
April 2020
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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