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

90%

Communitysort descending Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
106 days
50 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
163 days
35 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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---
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
105 days
41 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
149 days
108 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
200 days
106 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
---
---
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
74 days
61 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
58 days
28 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%

Communitysort descending Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
19 days
19 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
28 days
27 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
---
---
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
44 days
20 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
27 days
26 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
23 days
51 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
---
---
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
16 days
19 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
21 days
21 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: 
May 1 2021 - April 30 2022
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
June 2022

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Communitysort descending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Colin McWilliams
Amherst
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---
Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
20 days
Colin McWilliams
Amherst
---
23 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
---
33 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
113 days
30 days
Krista de Boer
Antigonish
34 days
35 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
---
125 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
---
---
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
105 days
19 days
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
---
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
92 days
31 days
Richard Spence
Halifax
38 days
53 days
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
---
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
220 days
111 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
69 days
32 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
46 days
230 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
149 days
105 days
David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
81 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
597 days
102 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
72 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
200 days
143 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
---
---
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
---
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
---
Alison Archibald
Sydney
---
49 days
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
---
---
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
29 days
44 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
37 days
34 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
---
29 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
---
33 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
---
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
---
---
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
---

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 Communitysort descending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Colin McWilliams
Amherst
---
---
Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
18 days
Colin McWilliams
Amherst
---
19 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
---
22 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
35 days
26 days
Krista de Boer
Antigonish
28 days
27 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
---
29 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
---
---
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
19 days
16 days
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
---
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
65 days
31 days
Richard Spence
Halifax
22 days
25 days
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
---
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
56 days
25 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
14 days
13 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
16 days
32 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
33 days
25 days
David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
37 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
20 days
50 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
45 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
47 days
65 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
---
---
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
---
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
---
Alison Archibald
Sydney
---
17 days
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
---
---
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
18 days
16 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
5 days
15 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
---
23 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
---
24 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
---
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
---
---
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
---

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: 
May 1 2021 - April 30 2022
Next Update: 
June 2022
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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