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? 55days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 76days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	41 days	53 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	30 days	80 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	67 days	54 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	70 days	70 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	41 days	106 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	127 days	43 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	101 days	98 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	179 days	81 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	45 days	220 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	187 days	85 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	258 days	46 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	288 days	205 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	87 days

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	72 days	130 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	106 days	125 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	67 days	193 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	180 days	118 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	138 days	212 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	98 days	337 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	393 days	159 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	453 days	189 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	376 days	286 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	407 days	301 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	609 days	113 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	530 days	448 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	268 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Casey Armstrong	Bridgewater	14 days	26 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	22 days	27 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	21 days	36 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	30 days	32 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	25 days	48 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	17 days	56 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	42 days	37 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	34 days	52 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	19 days	70 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	34 days	55 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	23 days	67 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	16 days	75 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	31 days	67 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	35 days	76 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	52 days	74 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	54 days	72 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	49 days	81 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	83 days	52 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	47 days	96 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	19 days	124 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	52 days	97 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	64 days	86 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	121 days	30 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	46 days	108 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	69 days	110 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	68 days	112 days
John Booth	Truro	38 days	145 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	154 days	39 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	98 days	95 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	19 days	188 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	127 days	123 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	92 days	163 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	214 days	49 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	244 days	57 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	126 days	176 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	262 days	67 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	104 days	244 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	244 days	114 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	294 days	78 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	274 days	126 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	369 days	54 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	307 days	120 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	190 days	311 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	347 days	194 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	490 days	102 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	601 days	81 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	---	---
Aneil Arvind Mujoomdar	Halifax	---	---
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	515 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	10 days	---
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	---	62 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	---	---
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	---	---
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	42 days	45 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	55 days	75 days
Casey Armstrong	Bridgewater	27 days	105 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	42 days	99 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	50 days	97 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	65 days	85 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	97 days	57 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	79 days	93 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	76 days	101 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	76 days	120 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	96 days	103 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	120 days	86 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	68 days	140 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	33 days	180 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	112 days	140 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	90 days	175 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	110 days	185 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	126 days	180 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	173 days	162 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	247 days	112 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	120 days	250 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	191 days	211 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	86 days	316 days
John Booth	Truro	87 days	324 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	70 days	357 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	223 days	213 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	364 days	85 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	322 days	195 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	218 days	316 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	283 days	272 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	416 days	145 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	335 days	268 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	346 days	283 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	343 days	363 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	460 days	281 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	593 days	199 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	91 days	727 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	703 days	119 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	526 days	315 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	642 days	215 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	453 days	441 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	604 days	305 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	570 days	380 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	963 days	176 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	745 days	648 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	1538 days	165 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	---	---
Aneil Arvind Mujoomdar	Halifax	---	---
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	814 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	25 days	---
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	---	76 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	---	---
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	---	---
Paul M Johnson	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
2022 Apr-Jun	52	258	90	314
2022 Jul-Sep	48	259	85	293
2022 Oct-Dec	57	382	80	291
2023 Jan-Mar	65	420	83	336
2023 Apr-Jun	57	337	73	283
2023 Jul-Sep	71	408	67	287
2023 Oct-Dec	50	307	85	300
2024 Jan-Mar	51	341	79	281
2024 Apr-Jun	55	427	76	224

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

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Wait Times by Surgeon

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Wait Times Trends

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