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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 ?
84 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
79 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
38 days
28 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
34 days
43 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
52 days
44 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
44 days
79 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
47 days
90 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
118 days
89 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
163 days
139 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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---
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
---
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
72 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
12 days
11 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
14 days
21 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
14 days
21 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
20 days
31 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
16 days
39 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
19 days
38 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
28 days
36 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
---
---
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
---
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
53 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: 
August 1 2016 - July 31 2017
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2017

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Nabil Nader
Amherst
33 days
17 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
27 days
25 days
Vincent O'Malley
Kentville
22 days
38 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
50 days
27 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
28 days
50 days
Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
50 days
29 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
38 days
41 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
25 days
55 days
Hani Redwan
Sydney
36 days
44 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
28 days
58 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
57 days
32 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
42 days
96 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
84 days
55 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
56 days
100 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
114 days
76 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
134 days
97 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
208 days
139 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
33 days
461 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
---
20 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
---
30 days
Edward Joy
New Glasgow
72 days
---
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
---
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
---
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
---
---
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
---
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
---
---

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
Nabil Nader
Amherst
17 days
8 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
18 days
14 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
13 days
20 days
Hani Redwan
Sydney
15 days
18 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
14 days
22 days
Vincent O'Malley
Kentville
12 days
24 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
11 days
28 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
22 days
21 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
13 days
33 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
17 days
30 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
15 days
35 days
Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
31 days
21 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
28 days
24 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
22 days
37 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
17 days
44 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
30 days
36 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
21 days
46 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
40 days
33 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
---
11 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
---
19 days
Edward Joy
New Glasgow
53 days
---
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
---
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
---
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
---
---
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
---
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
---
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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: 
August 1 2016 - July 31 2017
Next Update: 
September 2017
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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