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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 ?
145 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
105 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
35 days
28 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
44 days
58 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
81 days
59 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
106 days
48 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
153 days
102 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
173 days
83 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
149 days
158 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
---
50 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
---
---
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
---
---

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
23 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
22 days
17 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
18 days
21 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
22 days
20 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
28 days
27 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
27 days
28 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
19 days
44 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
---
30 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
---
---
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
---
---

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: 
December 1 2020 - November 30 2021
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
January 2022

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
13 days
28 days
Colin McWilliams
Amherst
28 days
23 days
Richard Spence
Halifax
31 days
28 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
44 days
58 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
39 days
65 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
56 days
48 days
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
67 days
43 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
84 days
33 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
22 days
108 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
75 days
106 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
156 days
94 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
46 days
230 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
220 days
211 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
366 days
125 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
991 days
102 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
---
43 days
Alison Archibald
Sydney
---
135 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
---
---
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
---
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
---
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
---
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
---
---
Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
54 days
Colin McWilliams
Amherst
---
---
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
---
---
David MacFarlane
Kentville
14 days
---
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
---
---
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
112 days
---
Heather Poushay
Glace Bay
---
---
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
126 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
---
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
---
58 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
Colin McWilliams
Amherst
10 days
9 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
6 days
18 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
14 days
13 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
11 days
23 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
14 days
22 days
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
20 days
19 days
Richard Spence
Halifax
22 days
21 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
18 days
31 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
34 days
18 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
27 days
27 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
16 days
41 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
25 days
32 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
35 days
27 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
20 days
48 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
54 days
27 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
---
30 days
Alison Archibald
Sydney
---
35 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
---
---
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
---
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
---
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
---
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
---
---
Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
31 days
Colin McWilliams
Amherst
---
---
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
---
---
David MacFarlane
Kentville
10 days
---
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
---
---
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
41 days
---
Heather Poushay
Glace Bay
---
---
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
124 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
---
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
---
21 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: 
December 1 2020 - November 30 2021
Next Update: 
January 2022
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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