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? 33days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 38days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	21 days	29 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	26 days	29 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	28 days	28 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	30 days	33 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	30 days	45 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	29 days	47 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	60 days	22 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	36 days	48 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	52 days	50 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	38 days	81 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	32 days	115 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	97 days	61 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	---

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	57 days	113 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	121 days	72 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	146 days	61 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	95 days	117 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	165 days	60 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	73 days	155 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	176 days	78 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	137 days	183 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	313 days	142 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	248 days	258 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	295 days	218 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	247 days	364 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	15 days	20 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	16 days	21 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	15 days	29 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	22 days	32 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	14 days	40 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	19 days	37 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	19 days	37 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	30 days	29 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	19 days	42 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	30 days	33 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	28 days	37 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	31 days	34 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	33 days	45 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	50 days	28 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	29 days	56 days
John Booth	Truro	60 days	32 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	46 days	51 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	40 days	57 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	48 days	59 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	41 days	76 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	87 days	37 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	93 days	31 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	73 days	55 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	99 days	64 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	145 days	105 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	216 days	79 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	61 days
Alex D Mitchell	Windsor	32 days	---
Alexander Ednie	Halifax	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	47 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	30 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	83 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	78 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	81 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	29 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	137 days
Daniel Gerard French	Halifax	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	---
Eileen Roach	Sydney	---	35 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	66 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	---	102 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	11 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	84 days	---
Karen Milford	Halifax	---	58 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	47 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	46 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	---
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	27 days
Timothy D Wallace	Amherst	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	40 days	28 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	48 days	52 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	70 days	60 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	67 days	71 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	113 days	40 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	55 days	113 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	38 days	137 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	88 days	101 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	124 days	72 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	123 days	82 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	112 days	98 days
John Booth	Truro	151 days	71 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	176 days	71 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	182 days	69 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	168 days	134 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	137 days	179 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	381 days	35 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	267 days	158 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	295 days	158 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	117 days	342 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	248 days	242 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	377 days	113 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	313 days	226 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	196 days	359 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	579 days	142 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	576 days	743 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	117 days
Alex D Mitchell	Windsor	64 days	---
Alexander Ednie	Halifax	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	141 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	54 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	379 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	127 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	210 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	49 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	162 days
Daniel Gerard French	Halifax	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	---
Eileen Roach	Sydney	---	82 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	93 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	---	185 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	24 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	301 days	---
Karen Milford	Halifax	---	122 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	82 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	84 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	---
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	114 days
Timothy D Wallace	Amherst	---	---

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 Apr-Jun	27	167	44	188
2023 Jul-Sep	40	273	43	265
2023 Oct-Dec	39	182	41	247
2024 Jan-Mar	43	231	48	120
2024 Apr-Jun	29	128	43	234
2024 Jul-Sep	27	187	41	112
2024 Oct-Dec	44	214	48	205
2025 Jan-Mar	36	210	47	212
2025 Apr-Jun	33	260	38	135

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.

Reduce your wait time

Understand the numbers

Talk to your primary care provider

Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Wait times

50th

90th

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

90th

Wait Times Trends

Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Wait times

50th

90th

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

90th

Wait Times Trends

Related Information