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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 ?
191 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
130 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
48 days
44 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
78 days
45 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
89 days
63 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
74 days
93 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
202 days
104 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
282 days
223 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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130 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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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
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
13 days
18 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
13 days
21 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
22 days
20 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
12 days
37 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
29 days
32 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
68 days
39 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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36 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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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: 
December 1 2019 - November 30 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
January 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
24 days
26 days
Alison Archibald
Sydney
16 days
49 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
57 days
63 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
15 days
158 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
133 days
78 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
132 days
135 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
196 days
94 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
295 days
89 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
386 days
111 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
315 days
230 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
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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
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Chris Kenyon
Halifax
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328 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
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Colin McWilliams
Amherst
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Colin McWilliams
Amherst
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Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
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Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
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Edward Joy
Bridgewater
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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38 days
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
63 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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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%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
6 days
18 days
Alison Archibald
Sydney
9 days
19 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
17 days
24 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
10 days
32 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
20 days
27 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
11 days
39 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
22 days
51 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
58 days
26 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
49 days
41 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
92 days
29 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
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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
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Chris Kenyon
Halifax
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104 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
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Colin McWilliams
Amherst
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Colin McWilliams
Amherst
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Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
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Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
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Edward Joy
Bridgewater
---
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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36 days
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
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20 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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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: 
December 1 2019 - November 30 2020
Next Update: 
January 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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