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Gastric Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Surgery of the stomach. 

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

Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
39 days
126 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
48 days
122 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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29 days
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
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
19 days
43 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
22 days
41 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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22 days
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: 
February 1 2022 - January 31 2023
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
March 2023

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeonsort descending Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Alison Archibald
Sydney
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Carman Anthony Giacomantonio
Halifax
48 days
127 days
Christopher Blackmore
Halifax
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169 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
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29 days
Gregory Knapp
Halifax
34 days
70 days
Jessica Louise Mills
Halifax
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109 days
John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
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Mark J Walsh
Halifax
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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Rodrigo Luiz Romao
Halifax
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111 days
Stephanie Hiebert
Halifax
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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%

Surgeonsort descending Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Alison Archibald
Sydney
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Carman Anthony Giacomantonio
Halifax
38 days
57 days
Christopher Blackmore
Halifax
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58 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
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22 days
Gregory Knapp
Halifax
17 days
34 days
Jessica Louise Mills
Halifax
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33 days
John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
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Mark J Walsh
Halifax
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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Rodrigo Luiz Romao
Halifax
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68 days
Stephanie Hiebert
Halifax
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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: 
February 1 2022 - January 31 2023
Next Update: 
March 2023
Disclaimer: Hospitals, long-term care facilities, 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.

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