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? 83days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 71days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	34 days	52 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	49 days	47 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	56 days	55 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	61 days	76 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	76 days	71 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	45 days	135 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	161 days	63 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	154 days	83 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	183 days	65 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	209 days	48 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	76 days	268 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	61 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	110 days

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	105 days	109 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	136 days	115 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	158 days	237 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	358 days	137 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	344 days	227 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	355 days	243 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	460 days	164 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	428 days	250 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	404 days	325 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	694 days	80 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	1142 days	166 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	128 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	220 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	29 days	34 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	25 days	41 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	33 days	46 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	26 days	54 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	22 days	59 days
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	42 days	40 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	47 days	43 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	56 days	47 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	64 days	44 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	55 days	64 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	73 days	52 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	50 days	78 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	92 days	41 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	71 days	66 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	62 days	81 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	78 days	66 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	85 days	69 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	42 days	114 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	98 days	62 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	97 days	63 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	16 days	149 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	81 days	86 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	62 days	111 days
John Booth	Truro	56 days	122 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	127 days	62 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	111 days	96 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	146 days	63 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	154 days	62 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	118 days	102 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	189 days	49 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	119 days	123 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	21 days	223 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	204 days	41 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	127 days	119 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	148 days	98 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	203 days	43 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	127 days	128 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	181 days	92 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	239 days	95 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	302 days	65 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	325 days	44 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	196 days	214 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	366 days	115 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	279 days	217 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	311 days	238 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	409 days	157 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	1442 days	67 days
Adam Southcott	Halifax	117 days	---
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	128 days	---
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	143 days	---
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	---	---
Madelaine M Plourde	Halifax	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	48 days	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Allison Keeping	Sydney	56 days	76 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	64 days	78 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	83 days	99 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	111 days	74 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	119 days	111 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	162 days	84 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	133 days	114 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	120 days	154 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	141 days	137 days
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	140 days	153 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	119 days	180 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	134 days	165 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	205 days	111 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	148 days	175 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	155 days	169 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	161 days	174 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	244 days	101 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	104 days	247 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	233 days	119 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	49 days	307 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	78 days	279 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	252 days	125 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	106 days	272 days
John Booth	Truro	109 days	275 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	289 days	139 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	103 days	369 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	335 days	142 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	310 days	180 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	357 days	133 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	245 days	245 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	362 days	148 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	374 days	191 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	421 days	169 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	238 days	410 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	501 days	243 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	458 days	336 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	506 days	323 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	458 days	376 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	701 days	159 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	971 days	63 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	869 days	174 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	1012 days	128 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	542 days	675 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	1513 days	128 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	1240 days	462 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	1158 days	574 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	1654 days	115 days
Adam Southcott	Halifax	343 days	---
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	295 days	---
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	349 days	---
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	---	---
Madelaine M Plourde	Halifax	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	316 days	---

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
2023 Oct-Dec	49	273	84	300
2024 Jan-Mar	51	344	79	281
2024 Apr-Jun	58	420	76	224
2024 Jul-Sep	80	430	85	294
2024 Oct-Dec	78	567	99	297
2025 Jan-Mar	91	482	94	311
2025 Apr-Jun	79	461	78	223
2025 Jul-Sep	69	449	72	258
2025 Oct-Dec	83	416	71	230

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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Wait Times by Surgeon

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Wait Times Trends

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