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? 85days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 94days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	49 days	54 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	56 days	68 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	92 days	66 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	83 days	81 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	34 days	146 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	104 days	80 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	150 days	56 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	44 days	195 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	200 days	47 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	177 days	91 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	220 days	78 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	230 days	118 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	65 days

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	185 days	122 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	146 days	168 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	217 days	111 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	74 days	266 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	494 days	112 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	189 days	454 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	501 days	156 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	433 days	266 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	374 days	333 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	548 days	217 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	589 days	303 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	727 days	428 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	156 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	21 days	30 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	21 days	41 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	46 days	29 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	23 days	54 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	62 days	27 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	58 days	38 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	55 days	52 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	42 days	66 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	62 days	48 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	75 days	36 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	47 days	68 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	46 days	69 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	78 days	40 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	28 days	93 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	37 days	86 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	38 days	86 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	61 days	65 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	26 days	121 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	50 days	104 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	43 days	112 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	65 days	98 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	90 days	86 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	102 days	77 days
John Booth	Truro	36 days	148 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	57 days	153 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	141 days	86 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	39 days	192 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	77 days	157 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	236 days	41 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	208 days	76 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	220 days	64 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	219 days	78 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	261 days	40 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	49 days	256 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	248 days	87 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	143 days	211 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	185 days	181 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	278 days	98 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	323 days	57 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	171 days	213 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	312 days	101 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	347 days	87 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	358 days	99 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	499 days	100 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	384 days	226 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	421 days	204 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	814 days	50 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	47 days	---
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	---	36 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	45 days	50 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	69 days	73 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	83 days	85 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	73 days	128 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	104 days	99 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	91 days	140 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	146 days	111 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	77 days	181 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	88 days	173 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	141 days	122 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	139 days	125 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	175 days	91 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	157 days	114 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	176 days	109 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	126 days	175 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	205 days	99 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	111 days	195 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	71 days	244 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	151 days	191 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	113 days	244 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	45 days	316 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	89 days	276 days
John Booth	Truro	61 days	317 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	235 days	161 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	296 days	134 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	103 days	335 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	455 days	80 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	398 days	209 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	460 days	156 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	425 days	204 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	336 days	321 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	500 days	159 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	189 days	474 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	303 days	413 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	378 days	378 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	72 days	727 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	611 days	193 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	757 days	192 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	530 days	436 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	750 days	235 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	697 days	325 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	986 days	69 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	732 days	344 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	963 days	180 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	727 days	453 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	776 days	840 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	1034 days	994 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	142 days	---
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	---	54 days
Lucy K Helyer	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 Jan-Mar	64	424	83	336
2023 Apr-Jun	56	334	73	283
2023 Jul-Sep	71	405	67	287
2023 Oct-Dec	49	283	84	300
2024 Jan-Mar	51	350	79	281
2024 Apr-Jun	59	427	76	224
2024 Jul-Sep	78	428	85	294
2024 Oct-Dec	78	544	99	297
2025 Jan-Mar	85	482	94	312

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

Wait times

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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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90th

Wait Times by Surgeon

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Wait Times Trends

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