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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 ?
135 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
131 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
26 days
64 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
48 days
57 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
42 days
98 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
132 days
59 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
203 days
28 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
202 days
72 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
191 days
192 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
52 days
---
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
---
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
---
53 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
14 days
21 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
14 days
24 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
30 days
13 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
20 days
31 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
25 days
35 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
25 days
36 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
62 days
34 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
39 days
---
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
---
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
---
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: 
July 1 2019 - June 30 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
August 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
17 days
39 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
44 days
14 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
43 days
57 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
50 days
63 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
36 days
98 days
Hani Redwan
Sydney
48 days
135 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
141 days
58 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
65 days
162 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
64 days
172 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
202 days
72 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
76 days
235 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
274 days
196 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
---
30 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
---
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
---
Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
---
David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
---
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
52 days
---
Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
---
64 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
50 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
---
---
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
---
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
---
220 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
---
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
---

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
7 days
14 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
11 days
17 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
16 days
12 days
Hani Redwan
Sydney
6 days
24 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
29 days
17 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
17 days
32 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
7 days
46 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
20 days
35 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
22 days
35 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
55 days
37 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
84 days
37 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
54 days
109 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
---
21 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
---
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
---
Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
---
David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
---
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
37 days
---
Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
---
30 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
36 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
---
---
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
---
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
---
26 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
---
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
---

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: 
July 1 2019 - June 30 2020
Next Update: 
August 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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