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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 ?

172 days

Wait Times

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	42 days	94 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	68 days	72 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	57 days	109 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	76 days	96 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	113 days	98 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	228 days	59 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	266 days	30 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	128 days	210 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	227 days	127 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	130 days	349 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	---	180 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	34 days

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	14 days	23 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	25 days	23 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	20 days	29 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	15 days	39 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	31 days	44 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	40 days	43 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	43 days	41 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	29 days	58 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	34 days	55 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	73 days	18 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	---	31 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	21 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	46 days	42 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	33 days	72 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	74 days	36 days
Alison Archibald	North Sydney	24 days	98 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	42 days	83 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	48 days	80 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	28 days	106 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	96 days	38 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	111 days	40 days
Philip Michael Smith	Truro	62 days	113 days
Roderick McKenney	Truro	91 days	86 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	113 days	69 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	41 days	141 days
Hani Redwan	Sydney	135 days	56 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	93 days	121 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	57 days	176 days
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	46 days	188 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	132 days	105 days
Eric Hyun	New Glasgow	68 days	177 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	193 days	85 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	202 days	132 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	286 days	104 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	227 days	178 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	180 days	256 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	182 days	286 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	392 days	94 days
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	130 days	360 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	85 days	503 days
Alicia Lamey	North Sydney	---	---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	139 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	57 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	250 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Daniel Gerard French	Halifax	---	---
Dennis R Klassen	Halifax	---	136 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
John Booth	Truro	---	---
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	---	300 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	47 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	29 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	---	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	---
Rodrigo Luiz Romao	Halifax	---	77 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	149 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	110 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	---

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	11 days	14 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	15 days	24 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	21 days	22 days
Alison Archibald	North Sydney	15 days	30 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	25 days	23 days
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	23 days	25 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	22 days	27 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	17 days	33 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	29 days	21 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	22 days	29 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	11 days	43 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	18 days	37 days
Philip Michael Smith	Truro	17 days	43 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	16 days	49 days
Hani Redwan	Sydney	49 days	18 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	14 days	58 days
Eric Hyun	New Glasgow	22 days	51 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	29 days	46 days
Roderick McKenney	Truro	32 days	44 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	38 days	40 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	47 days	45 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	35 days	62 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	36 days	63 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	71 days	28 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	57 days	47 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	67 days	38 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	50 days	55 days
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	73 days	76 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	129 days	37 days
Alicia Lamey	North Sydney	---	---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	72 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	29 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	93 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Daniel Gerard French	Halifax	---	---
Dennis R Klassen	Halifax	---	41 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
John Booth	Truro	---	---
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	---	75 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	21 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	19 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	---	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	---
Rodrigo Luiz Romao	Halifax	---	45 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	78 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	102 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	---

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