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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 ?
127 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
76 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
40 days
36 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
52 days
53 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
59 days
60 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
96 days
52 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
131 days
28 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
104 days
73 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
140 days
58 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
110 days
93 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
128 days
149 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%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
17 days
15 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
22 days
21 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
18 days
29 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
18 days
31 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
28 days
21 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
28 days
33 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
28 days
34 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
27 days
37 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
42 days
30 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: 
November 1 2018 - October 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
December 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
41 days
30 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
42 days
33 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
37 days
39 days
Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
40 days
36 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
55 days
22 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
39 days
55 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
26 days
93 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
93 days
62 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
85 days
86 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
65 days
109 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
104 days
73 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
141 days
91 days
Hani Redwan
Sydney
146 days
92 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
191 days
86 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
174 days
299 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
131 days
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
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Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
---
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
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Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
---
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David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
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Edward Joy
Bridgewater
---
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Katerina Neumann
Halifax
---
220 days
Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
---
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
28 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
---
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
43 days
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
---
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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
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
13 days
16 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
17 days
16 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
23 days
17 days
Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
10 days
30 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
20 days
26 days
Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
30 days
20 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
20 days
31 days
Hani Redwan
Sydney
31 days
22 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
35 days
23 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
33 days
28 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
29 days
34 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
16 days
50 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
31 days
38 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
32 days
46 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
48 days
48 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
12 days
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
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Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
---
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
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Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
---
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David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
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Edward Joy
Bridgewater
---
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Katerina Neumann
Halifax
---
32 days
Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
---
---
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
23 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
---
---
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
24 days
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
---
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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: 
November 1 2018 - October 31 2019
Next Update: 
December 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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