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

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
23 days
21 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
44 days
30 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
57 days
44 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
44 days
67 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
49 days
95 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
118 days
135 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
140 days
139 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
10 days
10 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
15 days
18 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
21 days
19 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
18 days
29 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
11 days
45 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
32 days
31 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
26 days
44 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: 
March 1 2017 - February 28 2018
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
April 2018

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Nabil Nader
Amherst
19 days
21 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
23 days
20 days
Hani Redwan
Sydney
35 days
27 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
33 days
32 days
Vincent O'Malley
Kentville
30 days
38 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
28 days
58 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
41 days
52 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
44 days
55 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
57 days
44 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
44 days
67 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
89 days
43 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
47 days
90 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
111 days
55 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
56 days
135 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
36 days
230 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
228 days
53 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
197 days
115 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
27 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
---
34 days
Edward Joy
New Glasgow
---
---
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
57 days
Jane Watson-Jessome
Windsor
---
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Katerina Neumann
Halifax
---
365 days
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
---
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
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Paul Yaffe
Kentville
---
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Rodrigo Luiz Romao
Halifax
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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
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
8 days
15 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
17 days
7 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
11 days
16 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
10 days
21 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
18 days
18 days
Vincent O'Malley
Kentville
13 days
26 days
Hani Redwan
Sydney
25 days
17 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
21 days
21 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
20 days
26 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
29 days
18 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
25 days
29 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
16 days
41 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
7 days
55 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
40 days
28 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
26 days
49 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
50 days
28 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
19 days
62 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
15 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
---
28 days
Edward Joy
New Glasgow
---
---
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
27 days
Jane Watson-Jessome
Windsor
---
---
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
---
35 days
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
---
---
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
---
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
---
---
Rodrigo Luiz Romao
Halifax
---
---

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: 
March 1 2017 - February 28 2018
Next Update: 
April 2018
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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