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

90%

Community Facilitysort descending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
94 days
49 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
88 days
112 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
92 days
121 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
149 days
146 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
55 days
47 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
88 days
72 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
200 days
122 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
82 days
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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 Facilitysort descending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
22 days
20 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
13 days
37 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
13 days
25 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
23 days
28 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
29 days
32 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
28 days
29 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
21 days
40 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
14 days
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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: 
February 1 2022 - January 31 2023
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
March 2023

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
264 days
141 days
Heather Poushay
Sydney
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46 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
77 days
205 days
Rhys Kavanagh
Bridgewater
43 days
---
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Paul Yaffe
Kentville
46 days
58 days
Colin McWilliams
Amherst
---
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Alison Archibald
Sydney
---
33 days
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
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Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
74 days
50 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
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James C Ellsmere
Halifax
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Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
32 days
188 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
91 days
163 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
20 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
209 days
116 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
---
50 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
60 days
69 days
David MacFarlane
Kentville
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Chris Kenyon
Halifax
26 days
76 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
88 days
72 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
29 days
28 days
Richard Spence
Halifax
69 days
42 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
37 days
53 days
Krista de Boer
Antigonish
623 days
35 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
67 days
100 days
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
95 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
149 days
343 days
Ahmed Jad
Truro
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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
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
25 days
42 days
Heather Poushay
Sydney
---
16 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
12 days
33 days
Rhys Kavanagh
Bridgewater
20 days
---
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Paul Yaffe
Kentville
10 days
34 days
Colin McWilliams
Amherst
---
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Alison Archibald
Sydney
---
23 days
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
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Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
22 days
22 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
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James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
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Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
15 days
49 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
16 days
81 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
12 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
24 days
21 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
---
20 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
14 days
29 days
David MacFarlane
Kentville
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Chris Kenyon
Halifax
15 days
30 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
22 days
29 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
12 days
19 days
Richard Spence
Halifax
23 days
15 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
24 days
31 days
Krista de Boer
Antigonish
43 days
27 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
27 days
40 days
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
46 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
44 days
45 days
Ahmed Jad
Truro
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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: 
February 1 2022 - January 31 2023
Next Update: 
March 2023
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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