Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery - Laparoscopic | Nova Scotia Wait Time Information

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 50% of people served within? 20days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 30days

Wait times

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	14 days	18 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	8 days	28 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	14 days	27 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	19 days	22 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	16 days	34 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	33 days	33 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	40 days	30 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	40 days	38 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	---
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	46 days

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	79 days	73 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	109 days	69 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	70 days	110 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	152 days	93 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	146 days	99 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	77 days	198 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	209 days	83 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	348 days	87 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	---
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	237 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Heather Poushay	Sydney	16 days	11 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	12 days	22 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	20 days	18 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	16 days	23 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	16 days	23 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	10 days	30 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	22 days	21 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	23 days	22 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	14 days	32 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	16 days	31 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	27 days	28 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	35 days	26 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	34 days	27 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	28 days	34 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	33 days	36 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	43 days	32 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	32 days	47 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	43 days	37 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	112 days	46 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	41 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	22 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	---
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	---	---
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	---	---
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	20 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	54 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	---	58 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	---	---

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Heather Poushay	Sydney	38 days	39 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	20 days	76 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	51 days	46 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	52 days	52 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	52 days	53 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	44 days	61 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	46 days	66 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	97 days	77 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	140 days	36 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	119 days	70 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	82 days	110 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	123 days	73 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	91 days	111 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	155 days	79 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	251 days	38 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	244 days	83 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	262 days	111 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	86 days	293 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	600 days	142 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	237 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	115 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	---
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	---	---
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	---	---
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	33 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	65 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	---	175 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	---	---

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50%	Consult - 90%	Surgery - 50%	Surgery - 90%
2022 Jan-Mar	29	113	20	81
2022 Apr-Jun	18	93	25	78
2022 Jul-Sep	20	98	30	121
2022 Oct-Dec	22	149	29	192
2023 Jan-Mar	28	123	38	141
2023 Apr-Jun	22	140	34	154
2023 Jul-Sep	23	152	29	85
2023 Oct-Dec	19	154	27	83
2024 Jan-Mar	20	112	30	108

Disclaimer: Hospitals, long-term care facilities, 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.

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Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery - Laparoscopic

Service/Procedure Summary

Wait times

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90%

Wait Times by Surgeon

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Wait Times Trends

Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery - Laparoscopic

Service/Procedure Summary

Wait times

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90%

Wait Times by Surgeon

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Wait Times Trends

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