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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 ?

176 days

Wait Times

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	42 days	121 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	96 days	78 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	78 days	97 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	76 days	100 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	183 days	58 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	114 days	134 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	76 days	176 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	215 days	149 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	212 days	210 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	141 days	377 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	---	62 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	---

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	13 days	28 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	25 days	29 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	26 days	28 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	18 days	37 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	31 days	44 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	59 days	21 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	31 days	59 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	36 days	55 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	42 days	50 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	59 days	52 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	---	18 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	12 days	36 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	35 days	43 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	68 days	40 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	78 days	37 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	44 days	77 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	18 days	111 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	28 days	106 days
Philip Michael Smith	Truro	90 days	85 days
Roderick McKenney	Truro	72 days	104 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	50 days	134 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	74 days	112 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	113 days	75 days
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	46 days	144 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	133 days	66 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	42 days	176 days
Alison Archibald	North Sydney	97 days	129 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	74 days	171 days
Hani Redwan	Sydney	121 days	181 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	132 days	182 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	277 days	43 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	188 days	139 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	292 days	90 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	260 days	134 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	263 days	149 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	215 days	202 days
Eric Hyun	New Glasgow	168 days	250 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	253 days	329 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	102 days	498 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	---	---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Aneil Arvind Mujoomdar	Halifax	---	---
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	33 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	---	181 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	210 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Dennis R Klassen	Halifax	---	90 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	205 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Dartmouth	---	90 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
John Booth	Truro	---	50 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	---	558 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	---
Marianne Pierce	Halifax	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	38 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	---
Rodrigo Luiz Romao	Halifax	---	143 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	78 days
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	57 days
Trevor J Topp	Halifax	---	---

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	3 days	12 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	15 days	26 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	15 days	27 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	18 days	26 days
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	10 days	37 days
Alison Archibald	North Sydney	24 days	25 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	27 days	24 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	25 days	29 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	27 days	30 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	30 days	31 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	16 days	48 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	33 days	32 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	14 days	58 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	28 days	45 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	44 days	29 days
Hani Redwan	Sydney	36 days	40 days
Roderick McKenney	Truro	32 days	44 days
Philip Michael Smith	Truro	34 days	43 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	16 days	64 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	42 days	45 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	73 days	16 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	50 days	56 days
Eric Hyun	New Glasgow	61 days	46 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	32 days	78 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	69 days	41 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	49 days	64 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	82 days	55 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	61 days	92 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	---	---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Aneil Arvind Mujoomdar	Halifax	---	---
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	29 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	---	88 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	68 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Dennis R Klassen	Halifax	---	27 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	50 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Dartmouth	---	48 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
John Booth	Truro	---	33 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	---	60 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	---
Marianne Pierce	Halifax	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	30 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	---
Rodrigo Luiz Romao	Halifax	---	56 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	65 days
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	18 days
Trevor J Topp	Halifax	---	---

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