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Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery - Laparoscopic

Service/Procedure Summary

Surgery on the GI tract, the path that food follows through the body, using a special small camera called a laparoscope.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
156 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
118 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
58 days
33 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
22 days
72 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
95 days
54 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
156 days
111 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
256 days
50 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
213 days
223 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
351 days
107 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
---
32 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
---
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
---
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
13 days
23 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
21 days
20 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
28 days
23 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
41 days
11 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
19 days
37 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
27 days
33 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
39 days
34 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
---
28 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
---
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
---
---
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
---
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
June 1 2020 - May 31 2021
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
July 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
18 days
45 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
21 days
50 days
Alison Archibald
Sydney
26 days
64 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
40 days
52 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
22 days
94 days
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
81 days
38 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
75 days
107 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
256 days
50 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
213 days
94 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
107 days
223 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
110 days
230 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
366 days
118 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
895 days
135 days
Ahmed Jad
Antigonish
---
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Alicia Lamey
Sydney
---
---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
---
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Benjamin Heisler
Kentville
---
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Benjamin Heisler
Kentville
---
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
---
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
---
---
Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
---
Colin McWilliams
Amherst
---
---
Colin McWilliams
Amherst
---
---
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
---
---
David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
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Edward Joy
Bridgewater
---
---
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
133 days
---
Heather Poushay
North Sydney
---
---
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
158 days
---
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
---
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
---
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
---
---

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
10 days
22 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
9 days
23 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
14 days
22 days
Alison Archibald
Sydney
18 days
27 days
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
29 days
20 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
27 days
24 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
14 days
37 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
41 days
17 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
30 days
30 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
28 days
34 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
28 days
41 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
29 days
44 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
76 days
27 days
Ahmed Jad
Antigonish
---
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Alicia Lamey
Sydney
---
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Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
---
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Benjamin Heisler
Kentville
---
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Benjamin Heisler
Kentville
---
---
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
---
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
---
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
---
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
---
---
Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
---
Colin McWilliams
Amherst
---
---
Colin McWilliams
Amherst
---
---
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
---
---
David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
---
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
---
---
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
105 days
---
Heather Poushay
North Sydney
---
---
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
131 days
---
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
---
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
---
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
---
---

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
June 1 2020 - May 31 2021
Next Update: 
July 2021
Disclaimer: Hospitals 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. Current wait times experienced by some patients may be different.

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