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Hand / Upper Extremity

Service/Procedure Summary

Surgery on the hand, wrist, arm, etc.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
375 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
387 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
266 days
186 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
378 days
405 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
452 days
416 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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345 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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332 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
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100 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional 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
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
58 days
88 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
77 days
92 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
124 days
119 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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189 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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188 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
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26 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional 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: 
January 1 2019 - December 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
February 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
David T Tang
Halifax
113 days
92 days
Justin L Paletz
Halifax
258 days
179 days
J Andrew I Trenholm
Halifax
126 days
551 days
Martin LeBlanc
Halifax
577 days
190 days
David G Johnston
Halifax
421 days
456 days
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
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Benjamin Orlik
Halifax
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David Hayden
Bridgewater
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186 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
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332 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
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Faith Dodd
Sydney
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Jason G Williams
Halifax
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John D Stein
Halifax
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John McPherson
Kentville
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Karl John Logan
Halifax
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Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
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Lisa Marie Dickson
Bridgewater
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Luke Edward Gauthier
Halifax
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Margaret Wheelock
Halifax
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335 days
Michael Bezuhly
Halifax
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Michael Brennan
Antigonish
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Rany El-Hawary
Halifax
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Steven F Morris
Halifax
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373 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%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
David T Tang
Halifax
100 days
21 days
Justin L Paletz
Halifax
108 days
90 days
J Andrew I Trenholm
Halifax
56 days
204 days
Martin LeBlanc
Halifax
128 days
148 days
David G Johnston
Halifax
192 days
217 days
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
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Benjamin Orlik
Halifax
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David Hayden
Bridgewater
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126 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
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245 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
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Faith Dodd
Sydney
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Jason G Williams
Halifax
---
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John D Stein
Halifax
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John McPherson
Kentville
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Karl John Logan
Halifax
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Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
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Lisa Marie Dickson
Bridgewater
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Luke Edward Gauthier
Halifax
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Margaret Wheelock
Halifax
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240 days
Michael Bezuhly
Halifax
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Michael Brennan
Antigonish
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Rany El-Hawary
Halifax
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Steven F Morris
Halifax
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219 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: 
January 1 2019 - December 31 2019
Next Update: 
February 2020
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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