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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 ?
118 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
108 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
71 days
46 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
52 days
72 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
88 days
112 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
89 days
121 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
149 days
145 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
200 days
141 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
258 days
---
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
---
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
---
---
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
---
---
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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.

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
13 days
20 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
13 days
21 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
15 days
25 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
23 days
28 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
26 days
28 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
21 days
38 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
41 days
---
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
---
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
---
---
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
---
---
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
14 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: 
January 1 2022 - December 31 2022
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
February 2023

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Nabil Nader
Amherst
41 days
28 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
25 days
53 days
Krista de Boer
Antigonish
52 days
35 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
30 days
62 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
46 days
58 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
60 days
53 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
36 days
86 days
Richard Spence
Halifax
89 days
43 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
88 days
72 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
32 days
188 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
91 days
139 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
76 days
205 days
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
248 days
41 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
188 days
116 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
264 days
150 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
503 days
406 days
Ahmed Jad
Truro
---
---
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
---
46 days
Alison Archibald
Sydney
---
33 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
---
David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
---
Heather Poushay
Sydney
---
46 days
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
---
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
95 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
20 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
12 days
16 days
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
11 days
22 days
Richard Spence
Halifax
22 days
13 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
12 days
25 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
14 days
27 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
15 days
27 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
10 days
32 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
19 days
26 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
16 days
30 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
19 days
29 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
26 days
27 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
23 days
33 days
Krista de Boer
Antigonish
29 days
27 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
17 days
47 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
21 days
46 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
35 days
45 days
Ahmed Jad
Truro
---
---
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
---
19 days
Alison Archibald
Sydney
---
23 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
---
David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
---
Heather Poushay
Sydney
---
25 days
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
---
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
46 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
13 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: 
January 1 2022 - December 31 2022
Next Update: 
February 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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