Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery - Laparoscopic | Nova Scotia Wait Time Information

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 50% of people served within? 22days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 34days

Wait times

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	---
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	19 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	100 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	13 days	46 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	15 days	36 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	20 days	22 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	20 days	38 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	20 days	41 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	28 days	40 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	32 days	34 days

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	---
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	154 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	161 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	55 days	160 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	61 days	188 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	80 days	205 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	85 days	72 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	97 days	101 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	129 days	59 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	147 days	309 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	---
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	---
Eileen Roach	Sydney	---	---
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	---	---
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	---
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	---	43 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	51 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	---
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	---	44 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	16 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	---	33 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	8 days	35 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	12 days	30 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	14 days	47 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	15 days	23 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	17 days	49 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	20 days	34 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	21 days	42 days
Daniel Kagedan	Sydney	22 days	21 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	26 days	34 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	26 days	38 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	27 days	40 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	32 days	31 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	34 days	27 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	35 days	36 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	57 days	44 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	70 days	27 days

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	---
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	---
Eileen Roach	Sydney	---	---
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	---	---
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	---
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	---	66 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	95 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	---
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	---	133 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	154 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	---	125 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	22 days	132 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	28 days	112 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	31 days	79 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	43 days	85 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	47 days	53 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	47 days	163 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	49 days	188 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	57 days	205 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	85 days	72 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	94 days	46 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	117 days	43 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	140 days	154 days
Daniel Kagedan	Sydney	248 days	50 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	326 days	155 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	503 days	344 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	623 days	48 days

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50%	Consult - 90%	Surgery - 50%	Surgery - 90%
2021 Apr-Jun	19	106	25	101
2021 Jul-Sep	27	124	29	73
2021 Oct-Dec	22	153	25	83
2022 Jan-Mar	28	113	20	81
2022 Apr-Jun	19	93	25	78
2022 Jul-Sep	20	98	29	116
2022 Oct-Dec	21	149	31	219
2023 Jan-Mar	26	99	40	137
2023 Apr-Jun	21	140	36	154

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.

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Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery - Laparoscopic

Service/Procedure Summary

Wait times

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90%

Wait Times by Surgeon

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90%

Wait Times Trends

Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery - Laparoscopic

Service/Procedure Summary

Wait times

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90%

Wait Times by Surgeon

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90%

Wait Times Trends

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