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 50% of people served within? 42days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 48days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	28 days	28 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	22 days	35 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	28 days	32 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	30 days	33 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	29 days	46 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	34 days	45 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	60 days	22 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	38 days	47 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	38 days	66 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	55 days	52 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	75 days	64 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	32 days	122 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	---

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	57 days	113 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	121 days	72 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	146 days	61 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	73 days	148 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	182 days	72 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	151 days	124 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	233 days	60 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	150 days	193 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	239 days	245 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	301 days	218 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	247 days	364 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	521 days	148 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	11 days	24 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	22 days	21 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	18 days	29 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	16 days	34 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	16 days	36 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	27 days	26 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	16 days	41 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	22 days	37 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	30 days	30 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	22 days	39 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	24 days	42 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	50 days	28 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	45 days	34 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	29 days	59 days
John Booth	Truro	53 days	41 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	52 days	45 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	52 days	48 days
Alex D Mitchell	Windsor	32 days	72 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	47 days	59 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	63 days	51 days
Karen Milford	Halifax	47 days	69 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	41 days	76 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	82 days	37 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	76 days	46 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	93 days	31 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	85 days	56 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	97 days	71 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	119 days	110 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	217 days	79 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	---
Alexander Ednie	Halifax	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	47 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	79 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	63 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	29 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	90 days
Daniel Gerard French	Halifax	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	---
Eileen Roach	Sydney	---	35 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	73 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	---	114 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	11 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	47 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	---
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	25 days
Timothy D Wallace	Amherst	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	40 days	28 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	36 days	41 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	36 days	72 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	66 days	54 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	67 days	71 days
Alex D Mitchell	Windsor	64 days	100 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	55 days	113 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	38 days	137 days
Karen Milford	Halifax	67 days	122 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	165 days	52 days
John Booth	Truro	151 days	71 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	125 days	98 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	182 days	45 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	196 days	71 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	191 days	101 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	214 days	82 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	137 days	179 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	168 days	159 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	301 days	102 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	381 days	35 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	295 days	127 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	267 days	158 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	91 days	342 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	117 days	359 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	377 days	113 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	268 days	227 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	313 days	226 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	579 days	148 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	576 days	743 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	---
Alexander Ednie	Halifax	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	183 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	379 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	127 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	49 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	162 days
Daniel Gerard French	Halifax	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	---
Eileen Roach	Sydney	---	82 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	93 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	---	191 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	24 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	124 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	---
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	114 days
Timothy D Wallace	Amherst	---	---

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
2023 Jul-Sep	41	273	43	265
2023 Oct-Dec	39	182	41	247
2024 Jan-Mar	43	231	48	120
2024 Apr-Jun	29	138	43	234
2024 Jul-Sep	26	175	41	112
2024 Oct-Dec	43	217	48	205
2025 Jan-Mar	37	210	47	212
2025 Apr-Jun	34	267	38	135
2025 Jul-Sep	42	268	48	191

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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Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

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Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery

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