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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 ?
122 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
132 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
29 days
112 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
99 days
50 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
88 days
76 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
55 days
141 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
91 days
121 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
147 days
146 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
167 days
141 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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---
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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---
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
---
48 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
21 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
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
13 days
29 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
23 days
20 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
13 days
44 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
25 days
32 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
21 days
38 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
28 days
32 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
20 days
40 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
---
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
---
---
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
---
17 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
14 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.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
April 1 2022 - March 31 2023
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
May 2023

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Nabil Nader
Amherst
28 days
46 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
37 days
53 days
Rhys Kavanagh
Bridgewater
43 days
47 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
36 days
66 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
26 days
89 days
Richard Spence
Halifax
93 days
42 days
Heather Poushay
Sydney
94 days
46 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
88 days
72 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
67 days
100 days
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
132 days
50 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
57 days
132 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
47 days
163 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
27 days
188 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
77 days
205 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
188 days
116 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
297 days
155 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
149 days
343 days
Krista de Boer
Antigonish
623 days
89 days
Ahmed Jad
Truro
---
---
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
---
106 days
Alison Archibald
Sydney
---
25 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
---
Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
---
Colin McWilliams
Amherst
---
---
David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
---
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
---
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
95 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Truro
---
---
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
20 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
---
---
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
---
---

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
8 days
24 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
24 days
19 days
Richard Spence
Halifax
27 days
17 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
14 days
31 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
12 days
33 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
13 days
34 days
Heather Poushay
Sydney
32 days
18 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
8 days
43 days
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
30 days
23 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
19 days
34 days
Rhys Kavanagh
Bridgewater
20 days
34 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
21 days
40 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
15 days
47 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
13 days
49 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
30 days
33 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
21 days
42 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
35 days
44 days
Krista de Boer
Antigonish
60 days
27 days
Ahmed Jad
Truro
---
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Alicia Lamey
Sydney
---
19 days
Alison Archibald
Sydney
---
22 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
---
Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
---
Colin McWilliams
Amherst
---
---
David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
---
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
---
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
39 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Truro
---
---
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
12 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
---
---
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
---
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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: 
April 1 2022 - March 31 2023
Next Update: 
May 2023
Disclaimer: Hospitals, long-term care facilities, 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.

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