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Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

This procedure inserts a special camera called a laparoscope into the stomach to examine or repair it. Surgery on the GI tract, the path that food follows through the body.

Consult

Nova Scotia

90% of people served within ?

141 days

Surgery

Nova Scotia

90% of people served within ?

171 days

Wait Times

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	74 days	87 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	42 days	121 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	91 days	78 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	76 days	104 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	43 days	171 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	266 days	30 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	228 days	76 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	224 days	141 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	212 days	210 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	141 days	329 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	---	47 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	69 days

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	12 days	24 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	20 days	29 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	27 days	23 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	16 days	39 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	32 days	45 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	40 days	42 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	24 days	62 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	30 days	56 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	73 days	18 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	48 days	45 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	---	21 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	27 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	21 days	36 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	43 days	39 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	64 days	30 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	33 days	72 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	68 days	40 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	93 days	52 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	96 days	58 days
Roderick McKenney	Truro	76 days	92 days
Philip Michael Smith	Truro	90 days	83 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	50 days	134 days
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	46 days	144 days
Alison Archibald	North Sydney	97 days	98 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	42 days	176 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	93 days	133 days
Hani Redwan	Sydney	135 days	103 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	182 days	90 days
Eric Hyun	New Glasgow	117 days	177 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	132 days	182 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	188 days	127 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	263 days	106 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	292 days	90 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	227 days	178 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	194 days	265 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	83 days	503 days
Alicia Lamey	North Sydney	---	---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Aneil Arvind Mujoomdar	Halifax	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	113 days	---
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	183 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	57 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	---	176 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	269 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Dennis R Klassen	Halifax	---	103 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	87 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
John Booth	Truro	---	---
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	---	549 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	106 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	31 days
Marianne Pierce	Halifax	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	---
Rodrigo Luiz Romao	Halifax	---	143 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	149 days
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	76 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	---
Trevor J Topp	Halifax	---	---

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	4 days	11 days
Alison Archibald	North Sydney	11 days	20 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	17 days	21 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	20 days	24 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	20 days	26 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	18 days	29 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	17 days	30 days
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	20 days	31 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	29 days	23 days
Hani Redwan	Sydney	36 days	22 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	20 days	40 days
Philip Michael Smith	Truro	25 days	43 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	44 days	28 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	39 days	34 days
Eric Hyun	New Glasgow	34 days	39 days
Roderick McKenney	Truro	32 days	45 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	38 days	40 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	32 days	53 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	42 days	45 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	22 days	66 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	71 days	31 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	51 days	55 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	49 days	65 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	70 days	55 days
Alicia Lamey	North Sydney	---	---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Aneil Arvind Mujoomdar	Halifax	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	16 days	---
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	72 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	29 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	---	73 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	82 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Dennis R Klassen	Halifax	---	27 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	48 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
John Booth	Truro	---	---
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	---	72 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	27 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	8 days
Marianne Pierce	Halifax	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	---
Rodrigo Luiz Romao	Halifax	---	56 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	75 days
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	56 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	---
Trevor J Topp	Halifax	---	---

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