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? 55days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 45days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	17 days	35 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	24 days	34 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	25 days	33 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	34 days	33 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	32 days	40 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	28 days	50 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	20 days	62 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	36 days	46 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	88 days	22 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	68 days	49 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	67 days	60 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	62 days	66 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
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	69 days	117 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	124 days	78 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	83 days	127 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	162 days	61 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	159 days	67 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	179 days	78 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	229 days	72 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	164 days	183 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	122 days	364 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	254 days	240 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	426 days	135 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	370 days	209 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	11 days	20 days
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	25 days	17 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	18 days	30 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	17 days	34 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	17 days	37 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	34 days	21 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	22 days	33 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	17 days	38 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	19 days	37 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	27 days	29 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	22 days	39 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	30 days	48 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	29 days	61 days
John Booth	Truro	43 days	49 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	68 days	28 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	27 days	71 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	68 days	36 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	48 days	59 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	60 days	48 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	76 days	34 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	13 days	102 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	76 days	50 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	78 days	52 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	52 days	81 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	76 days	62 days
Karen Milford	Halifax	67 days	73 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	85 days	57 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	88 days	78 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	105 days	70 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	151 days	34 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	119 days	107 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	161 days	79 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	---
Alexander Ednie	Halifax	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	37 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	71 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	54 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	28 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	40 days
Daniel Gerard French	Halifax	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	---
Eileen Roach	Sydney	---	35 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	59 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	71 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	54 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	88 days
Madelaine M Plourde	Halifax	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	19 days	---
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	26 days
Timothy D Wallace	Amherst	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	32 days	41 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	34 days	43 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	50 days	61 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	32 days	84 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	55 days	78 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	82 days	78 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	99 days	71 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	141 days	45 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	162 days	28 days
Karen Milford	Halifax	68 days	122 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	146 days	62 days
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	181 days	33 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	78 days	137 days
John Booth	Truro	151 days	71 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	32 days	191 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	179 days	63 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	165 days	84 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	205 days	44 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	191 days	100 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	196 days	101 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	168 days	159 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	144 days	227 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	301 days	102 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	267 days	158 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	70 days	385 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	231 days	226 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	117 days	353 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	370 days	158 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	467 days	100 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	396 days	233 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	657 days	135 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	307 days	848 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	---
Alexander Ednie	Halifax	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	131 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	96 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	127 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	49 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	155 days
Daniel Gerard French	Halifax	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	---
Eileen Roach	Sydney	---	82 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	66 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	83 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	82 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	167 days
Madelaine M Plourde	Halifax	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	49 days	---
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	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 Oct-Dec	39	182	41	247
2024 Jan-Mar	43	231	48	120
2024 Apr-Jun	29	153	43	234
2024 Jul-Sep	26	187	41	112
2024 Oct-Dec	42	217	48	205
2025 Jan-Mar	36	210	47	212
2025 Apr-Jun	34	265	38	135
2025 Jul-Sep	41	286	48	191
2025 Oct-Dec	55	229	45	121

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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