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? 52days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 45days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	17 days	29 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	22 days	32 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	27 days	34 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	28 days	34 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	26 days	39 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	18 days	50 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	18 days	56 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	39 days	47 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	68 days	50 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	67 days	62 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	65 days	72 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	24 days

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	73 days	92 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	124 days	82 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	162 days	62 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	83 days	148 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	179 days	61 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	151 days	104 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	122 days	167 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	137 days	208 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	239 days	209 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	370 days	206 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	521 days	135 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	72 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	14 days	20 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	15 days	23 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	20 days	26 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	20 days	29 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	22 days	29 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	17 days	37 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	34 days	22 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	15 days	41 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	19 days	38 days
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	25 days	32 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	18 days	40 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	29 days	32 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	22 days	42 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	31 days	48 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	38 days	55 days
John Booth	Truro	43 days	50 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	68 days	27 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	55 days	41 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	35 days	64 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	27 days	75 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	46 days	57 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	57 days	48 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	76 days	36 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	66 days	52 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	85 days	37 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	77 days	62 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	63 days	93 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	98 days	79 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	151 days	32 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	104 days	118 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	161 days	89 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	43 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	72 days
Alexander Ednie	Halifax	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	36 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	---	---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	64 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	---	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	54 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	---	28 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	43 days
Daniel Gerard French	Halifax	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	---
Eileen Roach	Sydney	---	35 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	54 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	12 days	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Karen Milford	Halifax	---	82 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	54 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	57 days
Madelaine M Plourde	Halifax	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	17 days	---
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	31 days	45 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	34 days	43 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	50 days	53 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	29 days	92 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	32 days	114 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	30 days	121 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	50 days	107 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	82 days	85 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	99 days	85 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	162 days	28 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	141 days	49 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	137 days	62 days
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	143 days	70 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	78 days	137 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	179 days	37 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	182 days	44 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	165 days	102 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	196 days	101 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	174 days	158 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	144 days	191 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	86 days	270 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	301 days	102 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	295 days	158 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	231 days	226 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	117 days	363 days
John Booth	Truro	423 days	71 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	365 days	159 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	467 days	100 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	396 days	233 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	657 days	135 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	307 days	757 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	67 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	216 days
Alexander Ednie	Halifax	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	183 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	---	---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	83 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	---	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	127 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	---	64 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	155 days
Daniel Gerard French	Halifax	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	---
Eileen Roach	Sydney	---	82 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	66 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	37 days	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Karen Milford	Halifax	---	125 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	104 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	114 days
Madelaine M Plourde	Halifax	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	28 days	---
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---

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
2023 Oct-Dec	39	182	41	247
2024 Jan-Mar	43	231	48	120
2024 Apr-Jun	29	153	43	234
2024 Jul-Sep	26	187	41	112
2024 Oct-Dec	43	221	48	205
2025 Jan-Mar	37	210	47	212
2025 Apr-Jun	34	265	38	135
2025 Jul-Sep	41	286	48	191
2025 Oct-Dec	52	259	45	121

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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