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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 ?
109 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
122 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
41 days
21 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
36 days
45 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
35 days
67 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
103 days
46 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
130 days
100 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
135 days
152 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
128 days
258 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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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
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
14 days
13 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
20 days
9 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
23 days
18 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
13 days
40 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
23 days
39 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
27 days
38 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
32 days
40 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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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: 
December 1 2017 - November 30 2018
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
January 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
21 days
45 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
33 days
57 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
30 days
67 days
Hani Redwan
Sydney
105 days
31 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
103 days
36 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
43 days
146 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
73 days
117 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
110 days
105 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
159 days
105 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
42 days
300 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
228 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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Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
---
---
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
---
50 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
---
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
98 days
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
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---
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
---
459 days
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
---
Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
28 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
---
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
46 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
---
36 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
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
14 days
12 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
27 days
14 days
Hani Redwan
Sydney
28 days
16 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
10 days
37 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
28 days
23 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
29 days
25 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
24 days
40 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
22 days
48 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
34 days
37 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
26 days
49 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
30 days
62 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
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Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
---
---
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
---
21 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
---
---
F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
61 days
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
---
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
---
49 days
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
13 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
---
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
28 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
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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 2017 - November 30 2018
Next Update: 
January 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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