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? 19days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 27days

Wait times

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	---
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	47 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	8 days	38 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	13 days	18 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	15 days	27 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	17 days	34 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	18 days	23 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	33 days	34 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	35 days	29 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	42 days	36 days

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	---
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	175 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	8 days	137 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	70 days	110 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	77 days	79 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	82 days	48 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	119 days	51 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	146 days	113 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	152 days	93 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	318 days	87 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	42 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	---
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	---
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	---	---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	---	52 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	23 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	---
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	34 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	41 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	5 days	27 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	11 days	22 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	14 days	18 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	15 days	27 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	16 days	30 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	17 days	32 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	22 days	26 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	23 days	21 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	27 days	33 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	27 days	26 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	30 days	29 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	36 days	35 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	44 days	27 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	52 days	34 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	53 days	48 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	55 days	36 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	61 days	38 days

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	65 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	---
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	---
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	---	---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	---	175 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	35 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	---
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	48 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	154 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	14 days	76 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	19 days	48 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	34 days	34 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	44 days	44 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	44 days	85 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	46 days	58 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	52 days	44 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	56 days	73 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	72 days	41 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	82 days	110 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	97 days	107 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	119 days	54 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	136 days	391 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	140 days	36 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	155 days	51 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	262 days	208 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	364 days	142 days

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50%	Consult - 90%	Surgery - 50%	Surgery - 90%
2021 Oct-Dec	22	153	25	83
2022 Jan-Mar	29	113	20	81
2022 Apr-Jun	19	93	25	78
2022 Jul-Sep	20	98	30	116
2022 Oct-Dec	21	147	29	192
2023 Jan-Mar	28	121	38	141
2023 Apr-Jun	22	140	33	154
2023 Jul-Sep	22	123	29	85
2023 Oct-Dec	19	146	27	83

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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