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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 ?
125 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
86 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
40 days
45 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
85 days
52 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
42 days
101 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
69 days
104 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
140 days
58 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
208 days
60 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
128 days
149 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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---
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
57 days
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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
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
25 days
20 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
16 days
30 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
28 days
20 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
15 days
36 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
16 days
42 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
29 days
29 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
25 days
47 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
---
---
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
21 days
---

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: 
July 1 2018 - June 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
August 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
21 days
28 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
29 days
22 days
Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
33 days
19 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
74 days
42 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
103 days
34 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
42 days
101 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
84 days
86 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
123 days
50 days
Hani Redwan
Sydney
140 days
85 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
134 days
104 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
128 days
173 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
---
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
---
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
---
153 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
---
---
Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
---
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
---
---
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
---
50 days
Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
17 days
---
F Donald Clark
Kentville
50 days
---
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
---
459 days
Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
---
---
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
---
Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
36 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
---
45 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
46 days

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
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
9 days
18 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
22 days
16 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
22 days
21 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
19 days
25 days
Hani Redwan
Sydney
28 days
19 days
Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
32 days
16 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
19 days
32 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
18 days
47 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
42 days
24 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
30 days
43 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
40 days
40 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
---
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
---
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
---
39 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
---
---
Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
---
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
---
---
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
---
22 days
Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
8 days
---
F Donald Clark
Kentville
22 days
---
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
---
43 days
Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
---
---
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
---
Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
20 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
---
12 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
33 days

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: 
July 1 2018 - June 30 2019
Next Update: 
August 2019
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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