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Gastric Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Surgery of the stomach. 

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
65 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
120 days
Instructions - Instructional text.

Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
42 days
101 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
72 days
118 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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175 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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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 Timesort descending
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
---
22 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
29 days
38 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
27 days
42 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
---
---
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
---
---
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: 
January 1 2019 - December 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
February 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
35 days
73 days
Christopher Blackmore
Halifax
30 days
77 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
47 days
94 days
Jessica Louise Mills
Halifax
---
101 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio
Halifax
76 days
148 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
42 days
164 days
Daniel Gerard French
Halifax
---
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Rodrigo Luiz Romao
Halifax
---
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
---
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
---
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Mark J Walsh
Halifax
---
---
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
---
Clay K Butler
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 Timesort descending
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
22 days
34 days
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
19 days
34 days
Christopher Blackmore
Halifax
17 days
34 days
Jessica Louise Mills
Halifax
---
52 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
38 days
58 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio
Halifax
49 days
77 days
Daniel Gerard French
Halifax
---
---
Rodrigo Luiz Romao
Halifax
---
---
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
---
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
---
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Mark J Walsh
Halifax
---
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James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
---
Clay K Butler
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: 
January 1 2019 - December 31 2019
Next Update: 
February 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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