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? 40days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 42days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	19 days	29 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	22 days	28 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	31 days	30 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	14 days	47 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	16 days	50 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	45 days	33 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	19 days	64 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	42 days	43 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	60 days	48 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	56 days	58 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	84 days	52 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	29 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	---

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	80 days	61 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	69 days	82 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	124 days	72 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	71 days	148 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	162 days	83 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	228 days	62 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	115 days	183 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	233 days	92 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	240 days	198 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	343 days	206 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	521 days	120 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	33 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	13 days	25 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	16 days	27 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	13 days	31 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	19 days	25 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	22 days	23 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	17 days	29 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	19 days	31 days
John Booth	Truro	15 days	36 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	25 days	27 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	12 days	40 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	17 days	36 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	29 days	25 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	22 days	33 days
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	26 days	32 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	25 days	54 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	31 days	48 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	24 days	56 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	52 days	28 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	28 days	55 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	68 days	28 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	87 days	34 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	60 days	62 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	92 days	34 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	97 days	49 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	48 days	102 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	120 days	33 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	99 days	78 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	60 days	125 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	168 days	62 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	205 days	88 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	---
Alexander Ednie	Halifax	---	---
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	---	124 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	37 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	37 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	9 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Daniel Gerard French	Halifax	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	52 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	---	31 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	67 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	---	38 days
Karen Milford	Halifax	---	40 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	65 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	41 days	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	89 days
Madelaine M Plourde	Halifax	---	---
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	---	---
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	65 days
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	82 days

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Allison Keeping	Sydney	20 days	75 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	39 days	61 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	37 days	67 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	24 days	84 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	68 days	53 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	78 days	59 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	84 days	55 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	78 days	84 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	73 days	92 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	99 days	85 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	124 days	72 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	137 days	83 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	50 days	191 days
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	143 days	103 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	158 days	91 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	197 days	56 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	205 days	114 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	227 days	95 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	72 days	258 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	270 days	62 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	191 days	154 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	295 days	55 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	240 days	159 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	62 days	356 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	229 days	219 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	111 days	363 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	385 days	97 days
John Booth	Truro	432 days	66 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	540 days	148 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	254 days	774 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	---
Alexander Ednie	Halifax	---	---
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	---	233 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	183 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	37 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	43 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Daniel Gerard French	Halifax	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	58 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	---	56 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	111 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	---	78 days
Karen Milford	Halifax	---	113 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	82 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	90 days	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	132 days
Madelaine M Plourde	Halifax	---	---
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	---	---
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	80 days
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	181 days

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
2024 Jan-Mar	45	231	48	120
2024 Apr-Jun	29	153	43	234
2024 Jul-Sep	24	175	41	112
2024 Oct-Dec	43	248	48	205
2025 Jan-Mar	37	254	47	212
2025 Apr-Jun	33	265	38	135
2025 Jul-Sep	37	248	48	191
2025 Oct-Dec	51	259	46	126
2026 Jan-Mar	40	240	42	180

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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