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

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
21 days
21 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
41 days
21 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
36 days
79 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
89 days
41 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
130 days
95 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
228 days
137 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
153 days
291 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
6 days
11 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
19 days
10 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
20 days
19 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
14 days
28 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
30 days
38 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
34 days
36 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
23 days
48 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: 
August 1 2017 - July 31 2018
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2018

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
18 days
25 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
26 days
33 days
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
36 days
40 days
Hani Redwan
Sydney
70 days
27 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
59 days
52 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
34 days
79 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
95 days
32 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
89 days
57 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
32 days
146 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
112 days
152 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
42 days
265 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
228 days
89 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
215 days
115 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
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Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
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Edward Joy
Bridgewater
---
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
98 days
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
46 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
---
411 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
16 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
---
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
---
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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
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
8 days
11 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
12 days
15 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
7 days
27 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
20 days
20 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
23 days
22 days
Hani Redwan
Sydney
34 days
19 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
23 days
33 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
32 days
29 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
16 days
48 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
42 days
27 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
22 days
49 days
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
34 days
38 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
37 days
50 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
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Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
---
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Edward Joy
Bridgewater
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
62 days
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
22 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
---
49 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
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10 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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Paul Yaffe
Kentville
---
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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: 
August 1 2017 - July 31 2018
Next Update: 
September 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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