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? 70days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 72days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	46 days	34 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	45 days	52 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	44 days	65 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	24 days	104 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	45 days	108 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	93 days	78 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	118 days	65 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	134 days	56 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	86 days	107 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	43 days	170 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	141 days	88 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	274 days	61 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	322 days	133 days

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	112 days	92 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	93 days	184 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	169 days	127 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	127 days	254 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	296 days	148 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	313 days	154 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	399 days	113 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	184 days	367 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	425 days	229 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	433 days	318 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	561 days	276 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	962 days	55 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	1318 days	86 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	22 days	30 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	25 days	30 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	23 days	36 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	21 days	55 days
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	41 days	40 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	48 days	42 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	42 days	61 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	46 days	65 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	58 days	55 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	54 days	62 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	64 days	54 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	41 days	82 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	35 days	88 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	82 days	41 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	78 days	55 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	82 days	52 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	68 days	67 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	73 days	64 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	71 days	72 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	85 days	58 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	45 days	118 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	122 days	41 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	19 days	145 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	90 days	76 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	57 days	113 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	29 days	153 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	85 days	106 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	85 days	106 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	112 days	79 days
John Booth	Truro	43 days	163 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	174 days	44 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	130 days	91 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	141 days	86 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	171 days	89 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	223 days	43 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	115 days	158 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	255 days	37 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	186 days	107 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	223 days	78 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	143 days	160 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	313 days	47 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	194 days	203 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	349 days	75 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	200 days	253 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	427 days	112 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	403 days	141 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	422 days	144 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	1352 days	57 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	20 days	---
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	123 days	---
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	44 days	69 days
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	85 days	56 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	76 days	67 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	49 days	97 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	110 days	70 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	99 days	99 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	78 days	128 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	137 days	109 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	101 days	147 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	142 days	128 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	120 days	169 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	130 days	175 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	71 days	251 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	166 days	160 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	174 days	154 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	205 days	125 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	79 days	254 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	244 days	101 days
John Booth	Truro	75 days	275 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	108 days	245 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	242 days	114 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	78 days	279 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	79 days	279 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	217 days	145 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	103 days	276 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	284 days	134 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	313 days	133 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	336 days	117 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	332 days	133 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	318 days	199 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	430 days	184 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	500 days	147 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	225 days	435 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	439 days	235 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	238 days	438 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	383 days	356 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	556 days	213 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	415 days	373 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	423 days	376 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	530 days	323 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	626 days	326 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	913 days	157 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	917 days	175 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	721 days	393 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	522 days	659 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	1318 days	178 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	1513 days	105 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	1336 days	1023 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	35 days	---
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	222 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 Jul-Sep	70	407	67	287
2023 Oct-Dec	49	283	84	300
2024 Jan-Mar	51	351	79	281
2024 Apr-Jun	58	420	76	224
2024 Jul-Sep	79	428	85	294
2024 Oct-Dec	78	550	99	297
2025 Jan-Mar	86	482	94	312
2025 Apr-Jun	78	459	78	217
2025 Jul-Sep	70	439	72	258

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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