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? 29days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 43days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	13 days	21 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	19 days	29 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	11 days	42 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	30 days	29 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	29 days	45 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	37 days	48 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	36 days	49 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	47 days	51 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	93 days	34 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	53 days	86 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	66 days	81 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	122 days	42 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	35 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	105 days	57 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	63 days	113 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	86 days	100 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	76 days	121 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	130 days	106 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	53 days	189 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	192 days	76 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	206 days	75 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	196 days	156 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	158 days	442 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	521 days	131 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	364 days	327 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	77 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	11 days	17 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	13 days	16 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	15 days	21 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	14 days	24 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	12 days	36 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	8 days	50 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	23 days	38 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	28 days	37 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	38 days	32 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	29 days	48 days
John Booth	Truro	35 days	44 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	40 days	40 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	24 days	61 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	80 days	26 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	52 days	58 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	46 days	66 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	28 days	84 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	57 days	57 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	40 days	75 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	55 days	60 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	53 days	76 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	66 days	73 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	162 days	29 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	235 days	121 days
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	99 days	625 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	53 days	---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	31 days
Aneil Arvind Mujoomdar	Halifax	---	---
Baharak Amir	Halifax	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	13 days	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	43 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Casey Armstrong	Bridgewater	---	---
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	---	11 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	15 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	29 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	83 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	---
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	56 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	48 days	---
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	51 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	51 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	33 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	48 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	---
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	---	11 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	---	27 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	147 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	17 days	40 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	13 days	51 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	60 days	43 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	39 days	64 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	21 days	90 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	51 days	61 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	38 days	77 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	32 days	85 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	71 days	86 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	49 days	116 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	171 days	47 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	53 days	200 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	182 days	79 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	196 days	75 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	206 days	108 days
John Booth	Truro	192 days	134 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	279 days	55 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	158 days	278 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	128 days	359 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	392 days	115 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	364 days	237 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	106 days	593 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	465 days	287 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	265 days	860 days
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	202 days	1091 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	144 days	---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	62 days
Aneil Arvind Mujoomdar	Halifax	---	---
Baharak Amir	Halifax	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	31 days	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	77 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Casey Armstrong	Bridgewater	---	---
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	---	50 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	43 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	189 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	130 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	---
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	80 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	101 days	---
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	84 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	57 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	43 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	75 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	---
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	---	42 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	---	39 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	234 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	---	---

Wait Times Trends

See wait times trend by selecting the coloured boxes in the legend

Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
2022 Apr-Jun	26	131	43	240
2022 Jul-Sep	31	109	48	253
2022 Oct-Dec	48	275	50	330
2023 Jan-Mar	36	203	43	303
2023 Apr-Jun	27	158	44	188
2023 Jul-Sep	40	238	44	265
2023 Oct-Dec	36	182	41	247
2024 Jan-Mar	40	231	48	120
2024 Apr-Jun	29	128	43	234

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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