Service/Procedure Summary
Surgery on the GI tract, the path that food follows through the body, using a special small camera called a laparoscope.
Wait times
50th
| Community | Facility | Consult Wait Time | Surgery Wait Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dartmouth | Dartmouth General Hospital |
20 days
|
23 days
|
| Bridgewater | South Shore Regional Hospital |
23 days
|
25 days
|
| Sydney | Cape Breton Regional Hospital |
21 days
|
28 days
|
| Yarmouth | Yarmouth Regional Hospital |
20 days
|
29 days
|
| Halifax | QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites) |
28 days
|
38 days
|
| Amherst | Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre |
17 days
|
55 days
|
| Kentville | Valley Regional Hospital |
33 days
|
43 days
|
| Antigonish | St. Martha's Regional Hospital |
44 days
|
34 days
|
| Truro | Colchester East Hants Health Centre |
46 days
|
35 days
|
| Halifax | IWK Health Centre | --- |
8 days
|
| New Glasgow | Aberdeen Hospital | --- | --- |
90th
| Community | Facility | Consult Wait Time | Surgery Wait Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater | South Shore Regional Hospital |
67 days
|
38 days
|
| Dartmouth | Dartmouth General Hospital |
71 days
|
49 days
|
| Yarmouth | Yarmouth Regional Hospital |
57 days
|
64 days
|
| Sydney | Cape Breton Regional Hospital |
100 days
|
82 days
|
| Amherst | Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre |
131 days
|
104 days
|
| Antigonish | St. Martha's Regional Hospital |
144 days
|
93 days
|
| Kentville | Valley Regional Hospital |
180 days
|
68 days
|
| Halifax | QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites) |
128 days
|
151 days
|
| Truro | Colchester East Hants Health Centre |
281 days
|
54 days
|
| Halifax | IWK Health Centre | --- |
163 days
|
| New Glasgow | Aberdeen Hospital | --- | --- |
Wait Times by Surgeon
50th
| Surgeon | Community | Consult Wait Time | Surgery Wait Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lior Flor | Sydney |
10 days
|
22 days
|
| Jonathan Boyde Enright | Dartmouth |
15 days
|
23 days
|
| Peter Sytnik | Bridgewater |
21 days
|
22 days
|
| Heather McFadgen | Halifax |
20 days
|
27 days
|
| Rhys Kavanagh | Dartmouth |
27 days
|
22 days
|
| Richard Spence | Halifax |
35 days
|
24 days
|
| Farisa Hossain | Antigonish |
20 days
|
40 days
|
| Colin McWilliams | Amherst |
17 days
|
51 days
|
| Ryan Patrick Kelly | Kentville |
33 days
|
37 days
|
| Stephanie Lapierre | Sydney |
32 days
|
48 days
|
| Ahmed Jad | Truro |
46 days
|
36 days
|
| Paul Yaffe | Kentville |
29 days
|
55 days
|
| Eileen Roach | Sydney |
28 days
|
59 days
|
| Lukas Wasserman | Antigonish |
62 days
|
25 days
|
| Chris Kenyon | Halifax |
28 days
|
70 days
|
| David MacFarlane | Kentville |
60 days
|
40 days
|
| C Marius Hoogerboord | Halifax |
87 days
|
63 days
|
| Alicia Lamey | Sydney |
29 days
|
--- |
| Alison Archibald | Sydney | --- | --- |
| Allison Keeping | Sydney | --- |
22 days
|
| Andrea Marie Faryniuk | Amherst | --- | --- |
| Ashley Drohan | Halifax | --- | --- |
| Benjamin Heisler | Kentville | --- | --- |
| Blair MacDonald | Yarmouth | --- | --- |
| Casey Armstrong | Kentville | --- | --- |
| Chakshu Sahi | New Glasgow | --- | --- |
| Christopher Murphy | Yarmouth |
22 days
|
--- |
| Dafydd Alexander Davies | Halifax | --- | --- |
| Heather Poushay | Sydney | --- | --- |
| James C Ellsmere | Halifax | --- | --- |
| Krista de Boer | Antigonish | --- |
37 days
|
| Nabil Nader | Amherst | --- | --- |
| Paul M Johnson | Halifax |
19 days
|
--- |
| Riley Stewart | Dartmouth |
17 days
|
--- |
| Victoria Smith | Bridgewater | --- | --- |
90th
| Surgeon | Community | Consult Wait Time | Surgery Wait Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lior Flor | Sydney |
21 days
|
31 days
|
| Jonathan Boyde Enright | Dartmouth |
43 days
|
37 days
|
| Peter Sytnik | Bridgewater |
43 days
|
38 days
|
| Rhys Kavanagh | Dartmouth |
71 days
|
37 days
|
| Colin McWilliams | Amherst |
35 days
|
76 days
|
| Heather McFadgen | Halifax |
65 days
|
62 days
|
| Farisa Hossain | Antigonish |
50 days
|
114 days
|
| Richard Spence | Halifax |
122 days
|
64 days
|
| Lukas Wasserman | Antigonish |
149 days
|
41 days
|
| David MacFarlane | Kentville |
153 days
|
45 days
|
| Stephanie Lapierre | Sydney |
105 days
|
103 days
|
| Eileen Roach | Sydney |
122 days
|
102 days
|
| Paul Yaffe | Kentville |
180 days
|
64 days
|
| Ahmed Jad | Truro |
281 days
|
54 days
|
| Chris Kenyon | Halifax |
99 days
|
251 days
|
| Ryan Patrick Kelly | Kentville |
419 days
|
57 days
|
| C Marius Hoogerboord | Halifax |
629 days
|
151 days
|
| Alicia Lamey | Sydney |
54 days
|
--- |
| Alison Archibald | Sydney | --- | --- |
| Allison Keeping | Sydney | --- |
26 days
|
| Andrea Marie Faryniuk | Amherst | --- | --- |
| Ashley Drohan | Halifax | --- | --- |
| Benjamin Heisler | Kentville | --- | --- |
| Blair MacDonald | Yarmouth | --- | --- |
| Casey Armstrong | Kentville | --- | --- |
| Chakshu Sahi | New Glasgow | --- | --- |
| Christopher Murphy | Yarmouth |
57 days
|
--- |
| Dafydd Alexander Davies | Halifax | --- | --- |
| Heather Poushay | Sydney | --- | --- |
| James C Ellsmere | Halifax | --- | --- |
| Krista de Boer | Antigonish | --- |
41 days
|
| Nabil Nader | Amherst | --- | --- |
| Paul M Johnson | Halifax |
77 days
|
--- |
| Riley Stewart | Dartmouth |
127 days
|
--- |
| Victoria Smith | Bridgewater | --- | --- |
Wait Times Trends
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.