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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 ?
117 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
48 days
15 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
36 days
45 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
36 days
65 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
95 days
43 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
134 days
108 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
133 days
152 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
128 days
173 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
32 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
8 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
18 days
13 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
22 days
19 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
18 days
40 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
21 days
38 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
27 days
37 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
35 days
44 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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---
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
14 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: 
February 1 2018 - January 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
March 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
32 days
57 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
35 days
67 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
103 days
36 days
Hani Redwan
Sydney
126 days
22 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
53 days
146 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
125 days
105 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
126 days
117 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
153 days
103 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
135 days
137 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
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Chris Kenyon
Halifax
---
300 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
24 days
---
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
---
50 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
---
---
F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
62 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
---
122 days
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
---
Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
28 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
---
45 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
---
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
46 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
60 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%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Hani Redwan
Sydney
24 days
15 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
27 days
15 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
20 days
22 days
Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
26 days
29 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
19 days
38 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
23 days
37 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
12 days
48 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
35 days
38 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
40 days
44 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
---
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
---
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
---
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
---
67 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
16 days
---
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
---
21 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
---
---
F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
55 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
---
40 days
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
---
Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
13 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
---
11 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
---
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
23 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
30 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: 
February 1 2018 - January 31 2019
Next Update: 
March 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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