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? 36days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 44days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	15 days	38 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	26 days	37 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	37 days	30 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	43 days	28 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	19 days	56 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	25 days	54 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	41 days	46 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	50 days	39 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	50 days	54 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	64 days	48 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	97 days	62 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	35 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	---

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	114 days	62 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	179 days	61 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	141 days	113 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	162 days	97 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	92 days	181 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	141 days	149 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	255 days	197 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	360 days	102 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	216 days	256 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	423 days	104 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	453 days	120 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	60 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	16 days	17 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	12 days	28 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	16 days	35 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	9 days	42 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	15 days	37 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	12 days	40 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	20 days	32 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	19 days	36 days
John Booth	Truro	15 days	50 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	43 days	27 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	41 days	29 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	37 days	35 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	45 days	28 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	31 days	47 days
Heather McFadgen	Dartmouth	36 days	50 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	44 days	43 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	17 days	75 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	35 days	59 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	41 days	59 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	88 days	43 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	72 days	61 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	56 days	78 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	57 days	109 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	---
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	---	149 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	38 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	---	28 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	23 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	44 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	---	46 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	21 days	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Karen Milford	Halifax	---	40 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	59 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	37 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	23 days	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	62 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	---	---
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	73 days	---
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	40 days	---
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	---
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	61 days	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	27 days	53 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	37 days	67 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	48 days	58 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	37 days	89 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	82 days	50 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	84 days	72 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	113 days	55 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	97 days	85 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	49 days	143 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	30 days	181 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	141 days	97 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	50 days	191 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	197 days	62 days
Heather McFadgen	Dartmouth	143 days	151 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	216 days	92 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	79 days	231 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	227 days	95 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	43 days	356 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	360 days	92 days
John Booth	Truro	432 days	66 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	426 days	141 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	322 days	266 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	204 days	774 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	---
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	---	233 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	71 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	---	102 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	43 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	58 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	---	67 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	40 days	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Karen Milford	Halifax	---	113 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	82 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	48 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	29 days	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	83 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	---	---
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	205 days	---
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	165 days	---
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	---
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	111 days	---

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
2024 Apr-Jun	33	160	43	234
2024 Jul-Sep	24	175	41	112
2024 Oct-Dec	43	248	48	205
2025 Jan-Mar	38	227	47	212
2025 Apr-Jun	33	265	38	135
2025 Jul-Sep	41	270	48	191
2025 Oct-Dec	51	259	46	126
2026 Jan-Mar	38	219	42	174
2026 Apr-Jun	36	241	44	177

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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