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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 ?
120 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
31 days
50 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
81 days
43 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
351 days
63 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
393 days
63 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
366 days
111 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
282 days
230 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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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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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
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
13 days
20 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
16 days
17 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
34 days
13 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
27 days
33 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
34 days
37 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
68 days
34 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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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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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: 
March 1 2020 - February 28 2021
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
April 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
20 days
38 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
17 days
47 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
40 days
41 days
Alison Archibald
Sydney
25 days
59 days
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
81 days
20 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
35 days
94 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
75 days
63 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
295 days
94 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
107 days
307 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
393 days
63 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
386 days
118 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
315 days
230 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
471 days
135 days
Ahmed Jad
Antigonish
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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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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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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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Edward Joy
Bridgewater
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Heather Poushay
Sydney
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James C Ellsmere
Halifax
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
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25 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
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
8 days
20 days
Alison Archibald
Sydney
14 days
19 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
14 days
24 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
10 days
32 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
22 days
23 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
17 days
36 days
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
46 days
12 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
45 days
26 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
44 days
34 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
38 days
43 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
34 days
48 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
58 days
34 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
77 days
32 days
Ahmed Jad
Antigonish
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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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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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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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Edward Joy
Bridgewater
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Heather Poushay
Sydney
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James C Ellsmere
Halifax
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
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17 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: 
March 1 2020 - February 28 2021
Next Update: 
April 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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