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? 27days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 41days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	8 days	39 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	17 days	30 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	19 days	28 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	31 days	29 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	33 days	47 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	35 days	47 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	35 days	48 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	50 days	43 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	73 days	29 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	70 days	64 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	48 days	93 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	144 days	47 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	45 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	66 days	113 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	86 days	100 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	91 days	110 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	53 days	174 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	130 days	106 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	162 days	81 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	192 days	76 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	206 days	75 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	196 days	156 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	341 days	237 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	163 days	440 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	521 days	131 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	81 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	11 days	20 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	14 days	17 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	14 days	21 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	13 days	23 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	15 days	35 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	13 days	40 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	10 days	46 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	23 days	38 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	28 days	36 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	38 days	37 days
John Booth	Truro	35 days	42 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	39 days	40 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	44 days	48 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	40 days	57 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	35 days	65 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	52 days	52 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	24 days	82 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	55 days	58 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	55 days	58 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	57 days	57 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	30 days	84 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	80 days	36 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	48 days	76 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	119 days	51 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	162 days	29 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	299 days	108 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	72 days	---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	31 days
Aneil Arvind Mujoomdar	Halifax	---	---
Baharak Amir	Halifax	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	43 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	106 days
Casey Armstrong	Bridgewater	---	---
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	---	9 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	24 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	29 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	71 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	---
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	56 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	46 days	---
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	51 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	33 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	48 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	---
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	---	18 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	---	27 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	102 days
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	625 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	31 days	25 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	13 days	56 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	33 days	40 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	33 days	64 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	21 days	90 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	38 days	77 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	88 days	61 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	60 days	99 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	83 days	86 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	96 days	85 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	66 days	116 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	162 days	69 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	125 days	115 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	186 days	57 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	53 days	200 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	182 days	79 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	196 days	75 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	171 days	101 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	206 days	108 days
John Booth	Truro	192 days	134 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	128 days	359 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	231 days	287 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	364 days	237 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	158 days	548 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	161 days	582 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	331 days	860 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	144 days	---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	62 days
Aneil Arvind Mujoomdar	Halifax	---	---
Baharak Amir	Halifax	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	77 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	204 days
Casey Armstrong	Bridgewater	---	---
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	---	50 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	43 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	189 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	130 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	---
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	80 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	101 days	---
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	84 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	43 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	75 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	---
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	---	42 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	---	39 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	234 days
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	1091 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	---	---

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
2022 Jul-Sep	31	109	48	253
2022 Oct-Dec	48	275	50	330
2023 Jan-Mar	36	203	43	303
2023 Apr-Jun	26	158	44	188
2023 Jul-Sep	40	259	44	265
2023 Oct-Dec	36	182	41	247
2024 Jan-Mar	40	231	48	120
2024 Apr-Jun	29	128	43	234
2024 Jul-Sep	27	199	41	112

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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