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? 48days

Wait times

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	10 days	34 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	19 days	37 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	28 days	29 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	17 days	57 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	29 days	50 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	40 days	44 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	37 days	51 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	47 days	42 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	51 days	86 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	56 days	84 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	134 days	40 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	35 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	76 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	105 days	81 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	77 days	116 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	130 days	111 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	144 days	120 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	147 days	118 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	206 days	75 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	63 days	231 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	196 days	156 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	299 days	237 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	521 days	112 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	219 days	440 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	77 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	124 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	11 days	15 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	14 days	16 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	17 days	17 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	26 days	27 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	25 days	30 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	17 days	38 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	24 days	35 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	20 days	43 days
John Booth	Truro	25 days	43 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	36 days	48 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	49 days	37 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	10 days	84 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	67 days	27 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	45 days	50 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	49 days	73 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	91 days	42 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	57 days	78 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	86 days	57 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	55 days	92 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	26 days	124 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	49 days	119 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	153 days	26 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	119 days	73 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	147 days	105 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Aneil Arvind Mujoomdar	Halifax	---	---
Baharak Amir	Halifax	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	51 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	144 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	46 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	40 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	22 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	43 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	95 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	35 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	52 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	---	---
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	---
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	29 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	59 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	37 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	72 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	---	---
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	---	62 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	74 days
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	36 days

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	19 days	37 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	11 days	51 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	26 days	64 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	27 days	76 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	57 days	61 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	63 days	92 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	39 days	123 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	82 days	107 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	49 days	141 days
John Booth	Truro	62 days	134 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	158 days	40 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	162 days	45 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	196 days	75 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	182 days	89 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	206 days	74 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	259 days	71 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	99 days	237 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	69 days	275 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	162 days	184 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	392 days	108 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	299 days	221 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	445 days	287 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	106 days	659 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	378 days	860 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Aneil Arvind Mujoomdar	Halifax	---	---
Baharak Amir	Halifax	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	77 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	204 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	53 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	114 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	189 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	52 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	161 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	84 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	80 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	---	---
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	---
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	43 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	120 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	47 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	119 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	---	---
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	---	96 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	234 days
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	90 days

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50%	Consult - 90%	Surgery - 50%	Surgery - 90%
2022 Jan-Mar	25	140	25	102
2022 Apr-Jun	26	131	43	240
2022 Jul-Sep	32	109	48	253
2022 Oct-Dec	49	275	50	330
2023 Jan-Mar	33	203	43	303
2023 Apr-Jun	27	155	44	188
2023 Jul-Sep	42	238	44	265
2023 Oct-Dec	36	182	41	247
2024 Jan-Mar	40	230	48	120

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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Wait Times Trends

Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery

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