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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 ?

144 days

Surgery

Nova Scotia

90% of people served within ?

169 days

Wait Times

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	39 days	37 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	59 days	63 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	71 days	59 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	62 days	79 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	105 days	62 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	45 days	139 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	100 days	115 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	125 days	101 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	61 days	169 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	91 days	176 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	155 days	295 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	329 days	205 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	---

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	9 days	15 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	11 days	22 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	22 days	24 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	18 days	29 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	21 days	40 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	25 days	36 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	14 days	52 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	31 days	45 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	35 days	43 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	56 days	40 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	37 days	76 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	77 days	43 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	39 days	22 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	32 days	37 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	25 days	44 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	43 days	28 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	54 days	24 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	59 days	63 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	41 days	84 days
Philip Michael Smith	Truro	45 days	102 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	33 days	119 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	54 days	100 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	57 days	101 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	124 days	50 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	34 days	181 days
Roderick McKenney	Truro	142 days	79 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	105 days	127 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	175 days	107 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	91 days	199 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	162 days	129 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	119 days	205 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	175 days	151 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	329 days	148 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	183 days	360 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	503 days	75 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	77 days	517 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	559 days	43 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	466 days	233 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	524 days	250 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	137 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	39 days
Aneil Arvind Mujoomdar	Halifax	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	75 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	71 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	155 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	155 days
Daniel Kagedan	Sydney	---	106 days
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	---	39 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	---	---
Heather Poushay	Glace Bay	---	---
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	---	41 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	100 days
John Booth	Truro	---	76 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	139 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	32 days	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	48 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	---	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	---
Rodrigo Luiz Romao	Halifax	---	170 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	84 days

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	8 days	13 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	8 days	17 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	7 days	18 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	19 days	9 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	11 days	18 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	10 days	29 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	32 days	15 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	25 days	24 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	13 days	39 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	24 days	30 days
Philip Michael Smith	Truro	11 days	46 days
Roderick McKenney	Truro	32 days	26 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	31 days	34 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	40 days	39 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	25 days	55 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	39 days	52 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	49 days	43 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	39 days	59 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	59 days	41 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	72 days	31 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	85 days	27 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	48 days	83 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	44 days	89 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	55 days	78 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	108 days	41 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	125 days	63 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	77 days	128 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	26 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	26 days
Aneil Arvind Mujoomdar	Halifax	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	32 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	50 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	87 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	78 days
Daniel Kagedan	Sydney	---	36 days
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	---	30 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	---	---
Heather Poushay	Glace Bay	---	---
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	---	16 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	50 days
John Booth	Truro	---	19 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	127 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	21 days	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	36 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	---	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	---
Rodrigo Luiz Romao	Halifax	---	106 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	44 days

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