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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 ?
126 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
111 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
21 days
20 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
44 days
55 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
36 days
79 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
95 days
57 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
174 days
95 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
135 days
135 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
153 days
258 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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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
6 days
11 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
20 days
13 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
11 days
28 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
20 days
21 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
30 days
31 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
23 days
40 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
29 days
38 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
---
---
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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---
New Glasgow
Aberdeen 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: 
June 1 2017 - May 31 2018
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
July 2018

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Nabil Nader
Amherst
18 days
17 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
23 days
20 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
36 days
34 days
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
36 days
40 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
34 days
67 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
54 days
52 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
95 days
32 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
89 days
64 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
32 days
146 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
126 days
152 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
228 days
89 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
36 days
300 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
267 days
115 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
21 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
---
---
Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
---
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
---
33 days
Edward Joy
New Glasgow
---
---
F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
98 days
Hani Redwan
Sydney
---
27 days
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
46 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
---
365 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
---
---
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
---
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
---
---
Vincent O'Malley
Kentville
---
27 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
Nabil Nader
Amherst
6 days
10 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
11 days
12 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
19 days
14 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
3 days
36 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
20 days
21 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
21 days
26 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
23 days
24 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
33 days
25 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
16 days
43 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
40 days
25 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
22 days
48 days
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
32 days
38 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
42 days
50 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
12 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
---
---
Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
---
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
---
20 days
Edward Joy
New Glasgow
---
---
F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
63 days
Hani Redwan
Sydney
---
19 days
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
22 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
---
38 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
---
---
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
---
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
---
---
Vincent O'Malley
Kentville
---
26 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: 
June 1 2017 - May 31 2018
Next Update: 
July 2018
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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