Hernia Repair (Adult)

Service/Procedure Summary

Adult patients are 16 years old or older. This surgery repairs a hernia in any area other than the location of an incision from a previous surgery. A hernia occurs when a piece of an organ sticks through the wall that should normally contain it. See "Hernia Repair - Incisional" for the wait times for incisional hernia repair.

Consult Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 86days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 75days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	31 days	60 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	53 days	56 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	77 days	54 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	69 days	72 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	78 days	68 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	97 days	90 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	161 days	64 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	75 days	158 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	49 days	264 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	250 days	96 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	280 days	91 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	46 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	121 days	106 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	197 days	158 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	260 days	138 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	179 days	272 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	380 days	92 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	132 days	341 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	330 days	250 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	350 days	287 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	408 days	265 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	439 days	279 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	765 days	179 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	71 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	30 days	36 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	30 days	41 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	31 days	46 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	19 days	59 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	25 days	54 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	48 days	42 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	61 days	29 days
Lior Flor	Sydney	45 days	55 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	55 days	50 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	56 days	51 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	50 days	68 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	77 days	52 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	94 days	42 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	77 days	64 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	73 days	69 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	103 days	41 days
John Booth	Truro	67 days	88 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	16 days	152 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	111 days	57 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	70 days	99 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	80 days	96 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	109 days	67 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	90 days	88 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	101 days	82 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	42 days	146 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	113 days	79 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	128 days	66 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	143 days	58 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	62 days	146 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	176 days	46 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	119 days	111 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	117 days	119 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	181 days	64 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	213 days	45 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	178 days	90 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	19 days	258 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	201 days	92 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	251 days	42 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	249 days	46 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	285 days	63 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	94 days	257 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	177 days	214 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	239 days	152 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	241 days	211 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	349 days	163 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	393 days	156 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	323 days	241 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	1470 days	57 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	109 days	---
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	---	---
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	---	---
Madelaine M Plourde	Halifax	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Allison Keeping	Sydney	56 days	92 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	71 days	84 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	86 days	99 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	142 days	83 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	142 days	88 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	119 days	115 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	162 days	84 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	120 days	154 days
Lior Flor	Sydney	140 days	153 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	175 days	119 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	154 days	145 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	161 days	155 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	152 days	169 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	119 days	203 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	79 days	247 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	146 days	186 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	37 days	314 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	238 days	133 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	71 days	300 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	113 days	258 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	147 days	235 days
John Booth	Truro	111 days	275 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	260 days	126 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	296 days	138 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	284 days	180 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	321 days	147 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	204 days	272 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	380 days	142 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	404 days	133 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	392 days	164 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	439 days	161 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	455 days	162 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	349 days	275 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	421 days	204 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	307 days	345 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	495 days	248 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	474 days	317 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	531 days	305 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	470 days	376 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	765 days	169 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	868 days	129 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	934 days	74 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	522 days	675 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	1072 days	159 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	945 days	553 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	1084 days	473 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	1513 days	92 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	1744 days	138 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	295 days	---
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	---	---
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	---	---
Madelaine M Plourde	Halifax	---	---

Wait Times Trends

See wait times trend by selecting the coloured boxes in the legend

Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
2024 Jan-Mar	51	344	79	281
2024 Apr-Jun	59	420	76	224
2024 Jul-Sep	82	430	85	294
2024 Oct-Dec	78	579	99	297
2025 Jan-Mar	93	466	94	311
2025 Apr-Jun	79	459	78	223
2025 Jul-Sep	69	439	72	258
2025 Oct-Dec	84	432	71	230
2026 Jan-Mar	86	388	75	272

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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Hernia Repair (Adult)

Service/Procedure Summary

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Wait Times by Surgeon

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Wait Times Trends

Hernia Repair (Adult)

Service/Procedure Summary

Wait times

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90th

Wait Times by Surgeon

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Wait Times Trends

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