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? 90days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 78days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	52 days	41 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	52 days	43 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	61 days	64 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	95 days	52 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	77 days	83 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	117 days	102 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	78 days	169 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	166 days	123 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	292 days	36 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	229 days	139 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	547 days	86 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	111 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	124 days	---

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	165 days	120 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	294 days	132 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	175 days	265 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	157 days	284 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	210 days	238 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	500 days	72 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	329 days	244 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	477 days	181 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	582 days	225 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	454 days	416 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	706 days	269 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	130 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	161 days	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Mooyad Ahmed	New Glasgow	3 days	34 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	33 days	42 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	41 days	39 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	50 days	35 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	44 days	47 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	32 days	61 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	50 days	56 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	18 days	92 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	62 days	52 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	58 days	57 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	50 days	72 days
Adam Southcott	Halifax	52 days	72 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	70 days	54 days
Lior Flor	Sydney	85 days	47 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	89 days	45 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	93 days	42 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	80 days	70 days
John Booth	Truro	78 days	79 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	90 days	68 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	115 days	46 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	97 days	72 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	107 days	76 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	13 days	176 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	44 days	148 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	89 days	104 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	118 days	76 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	107 days	90 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	55 days	143 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	100 days	103 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	136 days	72 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	126 days	83 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	163 days	61 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	182 days	46 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	81 days	154 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	173 days	86 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	128 days	135 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	207 days	68 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	18 days	264 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	67 days	218 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	230 days	98 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	50 days	282 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	292 days	47 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	273 days	112 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	312 days	192 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	322 days	188 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	268 days	248 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	506 days	47 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	360 days	220 days
Alexander Ednie	Halifax	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	52 days	---
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	---	---
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	---	---
Madelaine M Plourde	Halifax	112 days	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	212 days	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Mooyad Ahmed	New Glasgow	35 days	57 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	88 days	99 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	136 days	69 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	122 days	88 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	103 days	124 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	134 days	97 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	161 days	74 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	131 days	111 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	111 days	137 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	124 days	126 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	169 days	92 days
Lior Flor	Sydney	192 days	83 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	148 days	141 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	41 days	254 days
John Booth	Truro	121 days	179 days
Adam Southcott	Halifax	244 days	81 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	155 days	175 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	110 days	222 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	167 days	168 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	44 days	314 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	180 days	181 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	126 days	239 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	190 days	190 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	147 days	235 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	296 days	131 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	73 days	363 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	310 days	176 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	255 days	276 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	404 days	133 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	432 days	131 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	439 days	139 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	465 days	162 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	421 days	219 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	477 days	176 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	349 days	416 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	640 days	150 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	454 days	340 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	475 days	323 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	486 days	360 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	361 days	501 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	615 days	276 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	917 days	159 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	497 days	659 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	1043 days	129 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	943 days	322 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	1142 days	174 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	953 days	373 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	1744 days	159 days
Alexander Ednie	Halifax	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	244 days	---
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	---	---
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	---	---
Madelaine M Plourde	Halifax	137 days	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	361 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
2024 Apr-Jun	59	416	76	224
2024 Jul-Sep	80	430	85	294
2024 Oct-Dec	78	573	99	297
2025 Jan-Mar	93	482	94	311
2025 Apr-Jun	79	461	78	223
2025 Jul-Sep	70	450	72	258
2025 Oct-Dec	83	413	71	230
2026 Jan-Mar	89	365	75	279
2026 Apr-Jun	90	409	78	268

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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