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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 ?
76 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
68 days
21 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
55 days
39 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
96 days
47 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
62 days
101 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
140 days
58 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
110 days
104 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
208 days
60 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
128 days
148 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
52 days
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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
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
21 days
14 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
27 days
20 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
19 days
29 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
29 days
21 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
17 days
36 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
26 days
30 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
23 days
40 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
25 days
42 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
39 days
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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: 
September 1 2018 - August 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
October 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
12 days
43 days
Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
41 days
30 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
55 days
22 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
39 days
52 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
65 days
62 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
85 days
52 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
103 days
39 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
127 days
28 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
93 days
62 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
62 days
101 days
Hani Redwan
Sydney
146 days
85 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
191 days
49 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
141 days
104 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
128 days
173 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
68 days
---
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
---
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
---
---
Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
---
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
---
---
David MacFarlane
Kentville
62 days
---
Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
17 days
---
F Donald Clark
Kentville
50 days
---
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
---
501 days
Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
---
---
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
---
Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
28 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
---
39 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
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
3 days
24 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
13 days
16 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
16 days
18 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
24 days
17 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
19 days
22 days
Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
32 days
17 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
22 days
31 days
Hani Redwan
Sydney
33 days
21 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
35 days
23 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
23 days
41 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
25 days
44 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
42 days
28 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
31 days
43 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
48 days
33 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
17 days
---
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
---
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
---
---
Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
---
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
---
---
David MacFarlane
Kentville
21 days
---
Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
8 days
---
F Donald Clark
Kentville
19 days
---
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
---
38 days
Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
---
---
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
---
Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
20 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
---
19 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: 
September 1 2018 - August 31 2019
Next Update: 
October 2019
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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