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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

90% of people served within ?

141 days

Surgery

Nova Scotia

90% of people served within ?

165 days

Wait Times

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	39 days	54 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	88 days	48 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	75 days	101 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	137 days	99 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	100 days	139 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	112 days	164 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	113 days	165 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	264 days	139 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	155 days	249 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	278 days	189 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	79 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	---

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	11 days	22 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	18 days	18 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	21 days	27 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	17 days	35 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	26 days	39 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	24 days	43 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	33 days	35 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	43 days	30 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	40 days	58 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	75 days	41 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	34 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	59 days	19 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	56 days	34 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	37 days	54 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	39 days	54 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	77 days	22 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	53 days	52 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	114 days	31 days
Daniel Kagedan	Sydney	15 days	133 days
John Booth	Truro	75 days	77 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	33 days	119 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	88 days	71 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	125 days	36 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	152 days	56 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	134 days	87 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	137 days	99 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	96 days	160 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	162 days	99 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	105 days	176 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	100 days	191 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	113 days	199 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	321 days	43 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	70 days	298 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	262 days	136 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	291 days	134 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	168 days	320 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	466 days	216 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	35 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	---
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	---	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	164 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	155 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	86 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	617 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	---	---
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	---	---
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	---	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	100 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	35 days	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	---
Rodrigo Luiz Romao	Halifax	---	170 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	91 days

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	14 days	10 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	12 days	16 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	9 days	22 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	20 days	16 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	29 days	10 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	21 days	22 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	10 days	33 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	19 days	24 days
John Booth	Truro	17 days	27 days
Daniel Kagedan	Sydney	14 days	35 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	38 days	13 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	37 days	21 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	30 days	31 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	36 days	29 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	35 days	43 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	35 days	43 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	44 days	37 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	24 days	64 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	38 days	54 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	60 days	32 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	49 days	45 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	72 days	35 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	35 days	78 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	34 days	88 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	87 days	53 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	118 days	125 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	18 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	---
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	---	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	65 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	79 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	22 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	24 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	---	---
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	---	---
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	---	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	45 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	29 days	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	---
Rodrigo Luiz Romao	Halifax	---	57 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	52 days

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Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery

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