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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 ?

198 days

Surgery

Nova Scotia

90% of people served within ?

266 days

Wait Times

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	25 days	122 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	28 days	125 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	150 days	68 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	77 days	170 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	131 days	165 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	189 days	135 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	101 days	236 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	233 days	253 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	173 days	365 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	252 days	300 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	215 days	420 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	15 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	15 days	22 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	22 days	37 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	20 days	41 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	20 days	43 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	23 days	51 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	32 days	46 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	43 days	50 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	44 days	59 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	52 days	59 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	179 days	114 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	15 days	31 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	28 days	58 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	43 days	47 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	28 days	125 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	83 days	98 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	159 days	25 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	16 days	183 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	96 days	134 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	179 days	52 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	77 days	170 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	182 days	68 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	134 days	132 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	25 days	255 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	88 days	204 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	137 days	165 days
Daniel Kagedan	Sydney	208 days	175 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	51 days	360 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	252 days	178 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	262 days	272 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	159 days	407 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	415 days	169 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	91 days	671 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	264 days	506 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	434 days	439 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	---	343 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	72 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	176 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	497 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	55 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	111 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	191 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	22 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	211 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	115 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	---	---
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	---	184 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
John Booth	Truro	---	113 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	35 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	---	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	382 days
Rodrigo Luiz Romao	Halifax	---	113 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	156 days
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	295 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	84 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	---

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	6 days	11 days
Daniel Kagedan	Sydney	25 days	20 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	13 days	33 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	21 days	30 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	11 days	42 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	19 days	35 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	41 days	15 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	20 days	36 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	16 days	45 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	14 days	50 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	18 days	49 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	49 days	32 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	37 days	45 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	35 days	57 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	17 days	77 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	50 days	44 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	61 days	43 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	36 days	70 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	63 days	50 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	39 days	74 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	64 days	50 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	63 days	72 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	74 days	163 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	98 days	185 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	---	144 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	39 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	18 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	36 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	34 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	62 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	66 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	12 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	67 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	31 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	---	---
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	---	22 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
John Booth	Truro	---	28 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	24 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	---	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	115 days
Rodrigo Luiz Romao	Halifax	---	51 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	107 days
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	113 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	15 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	---

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Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery

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