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
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	60 days	45 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	45 days	61 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	77 days	56 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	54 days	93 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	35 days	118 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	84 days	72 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	149 days	38 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	171 days	58 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	178 days	73 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	64 days	229 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	300 days	74 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	309 days	72 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	529 days	70 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	103 days	111 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	185 days	115 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	113 days	232 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	210 days	138 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	357 days	154 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	344 days	230 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	389 days	219 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	386 days	233 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	436 days	219 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	353 days	307 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	615 days	76 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	1056 days	248 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	1318 days	128 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	25 days	34 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	25 days	37 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	24 days	40 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	20 days	59 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	33 days	48 days
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	42 days	40 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	47 days	43 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	41 days	58 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	57 days	48 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	63 days	57 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	82 days	39 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	72 days	50 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	62 days	64 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	77 days	52 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	50 days	81 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	75 days	56 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	83 days	55 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	62 days	78 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	77 days	66 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	83 days	62 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	42 days	111 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	98 days	67 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	18 days	149 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	118 days	61 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	62 days	125 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	112 days	84 days
John Booth	Truro	50 days	148 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	22 days	186 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	118 days	105 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	176 days	51 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	116 days	125 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	127 days	118 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	160 days	89 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	191 days	64 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	127 days	128 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	220 days	43 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	241 days	41 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	203 days	80 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	150 days	144 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	227 days	94 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	331 days	70 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	381 days	45 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	219 days	214 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	254 days	245 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	389 days	113 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	398 days	148 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	432 days	217 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	1456 days	64 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	142 days	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	---	---
Madelaine M Plourde	Halifax	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	64 days	69 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	69 days	75 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	83 days	99 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	110 days	74 days
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	140 days	56 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	79 days	138 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	119 days	111 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	133 days	97 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	142 days	128 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	120 days	154 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	137 days	165 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	232 days	77 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	161 days	155 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	205 days	111 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	204 days	114 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	152 days	169 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	148 days	175 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	79 days	247 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	58 days	300 days
John Booth	Truro	97 days	275 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	106 days	272 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	104 days	279 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	246 days	139 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	146 days	245 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	266 days	133 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	296 days	124 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	313 days	133 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	103 days	369 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	335 days	142 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	336 days	148 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	318 days	199 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	316 days	306 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	430 days	194 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	231 days	417 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	467 days	196 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	503 days	229 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	458 days	373 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	458 days	376 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	701 days	165 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	506 days	410 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	934 days	63 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	1012 days	129 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	869 days	303 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	522 days	659 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	943 days	393 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	1554 days	105 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	1582 days	115 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	1158 days	994 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	349 days	---
Jessica Louise Mills	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
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	442	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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