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? 80days

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	32 days	43 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	53 days	53 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	79 days	44 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	50 days	79 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	50 days	99 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	160 days	67 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	37 days	231 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	82 days	193 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	183 days	108 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	255 days	42 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	279 days	88 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	43 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	129 days	---

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	153 days	68 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	134 days	114 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	204 days	134 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	310 days	150 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	184 days	363 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	474 days	103 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	414 days	202 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	322 days	376 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	506 days	195 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	797 days	175 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	453 days	659 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	53 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	238 days	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	23 days	27 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	22 days	33 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	20 days	64 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	50 days	43 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	43 days	56 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	42 days	61 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	61 days	45 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	58 days	49 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	55 days	58 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	85 days	37 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	40 days	83 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	70 days	62 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	44 days	91 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	18 days	121 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	66 days	75 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	91 days	54 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	29 days	119 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	124 days	27 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	106 days	53 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	63 days	107 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	39 days	146 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	114 days	73 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	85 days	106 days
John Booth	Truro	35 days	163 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	50 days	153 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	67 days	139 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	120 days	89 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	126 days	86 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	219 days	44 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	208 days	63 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	208 days	77 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	180 days	106 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	248 days	43 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	270 days	35 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	226 days	96 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	145 days	177 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	227 days	96 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	250 days	87 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	233 days	106 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	106 days	233 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	168 days	193 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	200 days	255 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	351 days	118 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	460 days	106 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	381 days	186 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	430 days	144 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	982 days	48 days
Alex D Mitchell	Windsor	---	---
Allison Keeping	Sydney	48 days	---
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	138 days	---
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	---	36 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	---	---
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	89 days	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	44 days	51 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	47 days	114 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	83 days	99 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	79 days	132 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	131 days	119 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	104 days	147 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	144 days	109 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	155 days	124 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	119 days	169 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	175 days	125 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	77 days	223 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	217 days	83 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	204 days	114 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	126 days	194 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	205 days	121 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	112 days	244 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	174 days	191 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	73 days	300 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	91 days	286 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	103 days	276 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	111 days	292 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	310 days	117 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	306 days	127 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	345 days	101 days
John Booth	Truro	74 days	376 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	41 days	435 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	318 days	232 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	370 days	183 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	430 days	170 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	435 days	204 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	500 days	147 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	238 days	454 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	383 days	356 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	400 days	376 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	423 days	378 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	610 days	196 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	656 days	344 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	608 days	410 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	791 days	232 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	381 days	644 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	697 days	387 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	917 days	180 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	929 days	273 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	775 days	453 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	1478 days	57 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	776 days	863 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	1336 days	1023 days
Alex D Mitchell	Windsor	---	---
Allison Keeping	Sydney	129 days	---
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	222 days	---
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	---	54 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	---	---
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	110 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 Apr-Jun	57	334	73	283
2023 Jul-Sep	71	405	67	287
2023 Oct-Dec	49	283	84	300
2024 Jan-Mar	51	344	79	281
2024 Apr-Jun	59	427	76	224
2024 Jul-Sep	81	428	85	294
2024 Oct-Dec	78	548	99	297
2025 Jan-Mar	86	482	94	312
2025 Apr-Jun	80	461	78	217

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.

Reduce your wait time

Understand the numbers

Talk to your primary care provider

Hernia Repair (Adult)

Service/Procedure Summary

Wait times

50th

90th

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

90th

Wait Times Trends

Hernia Repair (Adult)

Service/Procedure Summary

Wait times

50th

90th

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

90th

Wait Times Trends

Related Information