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? 86days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 75days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	38 days	40 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	33 days	63 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	50 days	48 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	58 days	70 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	79 days	59 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	77 days	62 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	59 days	132 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	138 days	100 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	90 days	227 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	273 days	107 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	262 days	124 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	151 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	109 days	---

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	134 days	114 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	194 days	83 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	175 days	152 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	189 days	239 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	177 days	328 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	380 days	138 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	343 days	265 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	492 days	183 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	423 days	253 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	361 days	331 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	694 days	236 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	279 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	145 days	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	28 days	40 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	30 days	41 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	19 days	59 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	33 days	47 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	26 days	55 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	50 days	41 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	55 days	52 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	62 days	56 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	50 days	69 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	56 days	64 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	88 days	41 days
Adam Southcott	Halifax	99 days	32 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	78 days	56 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	94 days	41 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	76 days	67 days
John Booth	Truro	77 days	79 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	38 days	118 days
Lior Flor	Sydney	101 days	55 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	122 days	51 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	90 days	88 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	82 days	99 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	92 days	101 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	51 days	142 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	15 days	180 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	107 days	89 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	122 days	76 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	117 days	84 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	118 days	91 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	80 days	129 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	167 days	44 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	186 days	40 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	168 days	64 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	117 days	126 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	160 days	86 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	206 days	55 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	210 days	52 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	133 days	130 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	19 days	264 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	210 days	92 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	77 days	225 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	275 days	64 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	94 days	282 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	336 days	170 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	323 days	193 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	472 days	47 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	323 days	242 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	388 days	177 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	1478 days	57 days
Alexander Ednie	Halifax	---	---
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	---	---
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	---	---
Madelaine M Plourde	Halifax	104 days	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	200 days	---
Mooyad Ahmed	New Glasgow	6 days	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	74 days	87 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	88 days	99 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	68 days	123 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	105 days	111 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	119 days	115 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	142 days	92 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	110 days	134 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	185 days	74 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	162 days	97 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	131 days	133 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	197 days	83 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	74 days	222 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	152 days	169 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	79 days	254 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	161 days	174 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	71 days	272 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	37 days	314 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	115 days	239 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	159 days	201 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	175 days	186 days
Adam Southcott	Halifax	307 days	71 days
Lior Flor	Sydney	227 days	153 days
John Booth	Truro	121 days	260 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	147 days	245 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	200 days	230 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	297 days	138 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	310 days	149 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	380 days	148 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	255 days	276 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	404 days	133 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	380 days	172 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	399 days	173 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	468 days	133 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	463 days	167 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	423 days	219 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	349 days	416 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	474 days	330 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	485 days	323 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	471 days	376 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	595 days	305 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	522 days	675 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	1072 days	165 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	1144 days	129 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	1142 days	155 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	1084 days	388 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	945 days	553 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	1554 days	92 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	1744 days	159 days
Alexander Ednie	Halifax	---	---
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	---	---
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	---	---
Madelaine M Plourde	Halifax	137 days	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	361 days	---
Mooyad Ahmed	New Glasgow	16 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
2024 Jan-Mar	51	344	79	281
2024 Apr-Jun	59	419	76	224
2024 Jul-Sep	81	430	85	294
2024 Oct-Dec	78	573	99	297
2025 Jan-Mar	93	466	94	311
2025 Apr-Jun	80	461	78	223
2025 Jul-Sep	69	442	72	258
2025 Oct-Dec	83	428	71	230
2026 Jan-Mar	86	388	75	279

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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