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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 ?
127 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
91 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
55 days
36 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
52 days
53 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
131 days
28 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
84 days
91 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
104 days
73 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
96 days
86 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
140 days
76 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
208 days
60 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
128 days
173 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%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
21 days
14 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
27 days
15 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
17 days
26 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
16 days
29 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
28 days
22 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
27 days
33 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
28 days
33 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
26 days
37 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
42 days
30 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: 
December 1 2018 - November 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
January 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
37 days
39 days
Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
40 days
36 days
Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
47 days
30 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
42 days
47 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
50 days
93 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
93 days
62 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
27 days
139 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
85 days
86 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
110 days
61 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
133 days
73 days
Hani Redwan
Sydney
146 days
92 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
77 days
162 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
191 days
63 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
128 days
235 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
---
21 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
---
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
---
Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
---
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
---
---
David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
---
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
---
55 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
---
---
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
---
220 days
Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
---
---
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
---
Nabil Nader
Amherst
40 days
---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
---
---
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
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
17 days
16 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
13 days
20 days
Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
10 days
25 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
3 days
37 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
20 days
26 days
Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
29 days
21 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
19 days
32 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
33 days
28 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
28 days
34 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
26 days
37 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
16 days
50 days
Hani Redwan
Sydney
45 days
24 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
28 days
42 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
54 days
48 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
---
13 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
---
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
---
Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
---
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
---
---
David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
---
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
---
25 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
---
---
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
---
32 days
Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
---
---
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
---
Nabil Nader
Amherst
21 days
---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
---
---
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.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
December 1 2018 - November 30 2019
Next Update: 
January 2020
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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