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

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
35 days
33 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
41 days
58 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
95 days
61 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
77 days
102 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
145 days
50 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
148 days
230 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
366 days
111 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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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
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
14 days
23 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
14 days
25 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
21 days
23 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
34 days
16 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
26 days
32 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
18 days
41 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
30 days
30 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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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 2020 - August 31 2021
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
October 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
22 days
42 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
24 days
58 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
38 days
45 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
34 days
55 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
56 days
50 days
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
81 days
38 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
74 days
107 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
93 days
153 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
213 days
46 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
107 days
272 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
563 days
118 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
895 days
102 days
Ahmed Jad
Antigonish
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Alicia Lamey
Sydney
---
43 days
Alison Archibald
Sydney
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135 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
47 days
---
Colin McWilliams
Amherst
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Colin McWilliams
Amherst
---
34 days
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
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David MacFarlane
Kentville
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Edward Joy
Bridgewater
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Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
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Heather Poushay
North Sydney
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James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
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Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
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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
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
14 days
13 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
14 days
19 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
14 days
23 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
23 days
18 days
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
28 days
21 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
15 days
39 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
30 days
26 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
32 days
27 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
25 days
34 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
21 days
44 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
31 days
47 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
51 days
27 days
Ahmed Jad
Antigonish
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Alicia Lamey
Sydney
---
30 days
Alison Archibald
Sydney
---
43 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
20 days
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Colin McWilliams
Amherst
---
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Colin McWilliams
Amherst
---
14 days
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
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David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
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Edward Joy
Bridgewater
---
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Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
---
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Heather Poushay
North Sydney
---
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James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
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Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
---
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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 2020 - August 31 2021
Next Update: 
October 2021
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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