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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 ?

173 days

Surgery

Nova Scotia

90% of people served within ?

238 days

Wait Times

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	69 days	34 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	41 days	125 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	91 days	102 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	126 days	113 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	126 days	128 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	131 days	165 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	108 days	225 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	133 days	323 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	233 days	240 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	212 days	300 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	213 days	331 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	---

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	7 days	11 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	15 days	22 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	19 days	29 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	18 days	42 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	21 days	42 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	21 days	47 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	26 days	42 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	40 days	49 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	48 days	47 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	56 days	54 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	122 days	85 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	45 days	29 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	31 days	58 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	21 days	99 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	39 days	85 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	34 days	90 days
John Booth	Truro	75 days	77 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	159 days	22 days
Daniel Kagedan	Sydney	25 days	175 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	77 days	135 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	30 days	183 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	179 days	36 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	91 days	165 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	150 days	110 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	125 days	169 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	108 days	191 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	130 days	211 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	252 days	114 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	238 days	181 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	291 days	132 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	86 days	365 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	147 days	307 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	337 days	331 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	91 days	615 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	534 days	413 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	66 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	27 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	---	---
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	96 days	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	96 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	22 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	211 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	115 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	129 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	---	---
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	---	---
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	---	184 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	---
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	125 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	---	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	382 days
Rodrigo Luiz Romao	Halifax	---	93 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	---
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	295 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	84 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	7 days	8 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	17 days	20 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	9 days	29 days
John Booth	Truro	14 days	26 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	33 days	9 days
Daniel Kagedan	Sydney	14 days	30 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	21 days	31 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	11 days	42 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	28 days	26 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	30 days	26 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	19 days	46 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	27 days	41 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	27 days	43 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	34 days	45 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	35 days	48 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	25 days	59 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	46 days	39 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	35 days	55 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	39 days	52 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	75 days	20 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	62 days	53 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	44 days	74 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	69 days	142 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	98 days	139 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	29 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	14 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	---	---
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	63 days	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	61 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	12 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	67 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	31 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	48 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	---	---
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	---	---
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	---	26 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	---
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	61 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	---	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	115 days
Rodrigo Luiz Romao	Halifax	---	51 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	---
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	113 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	37 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---

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