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
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	52 days	47 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	79 days	34 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	55 days	63 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	70 days	51 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	76 days	62 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	74 days	71 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	91 days	66 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	86 days	135 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	81 days	243 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	235 days	103 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	278 days	78 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	280 days	122 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	48 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	134 days	37 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	140 days	106 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	175 days	152 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	260 days	138 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	187 days	258 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	380 days	83 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	167 days	334 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	352 days	246 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	356 days	265 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	355 days	322 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	412 days	303 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	765 days	305 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	279 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	30 days	34 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	28 days	40 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	18 days	59 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	31 days	47 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	28 days	54 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	50 days	41 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	56 days	51 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	57 days	57 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	50 days	70 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	86 days	41 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	69 days	60 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	78 days	52 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	73 days	66 days
John Booth	Truro	70 days	79 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	110 days	41 days
Lior Flor	Sydney	98 days	55 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	71 days	99 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	117 days	54 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	16 days	156 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	87 days	96 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	108 days	76 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	42 days	145 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	44 days	146 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	135 days	56 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	118 days	73 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	143 days	52 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	107 days	88 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	95 days	102 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	124 days	86 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	169 days	44 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	171 days	64 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	117 days	125 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	195 days	47 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	160 days	89 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	187 days	90 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	20 days	265 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	251 days	40 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	141 days	152 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	277 days	63 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	132 days	214 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	158 days	257 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	381 days	47 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	339 days	167 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	330 days	202 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	322 days	241 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	393 days	173 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	1474 days	57 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Alexander Ednie	Halifax	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	52 days	---
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	---	---
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	---	---
Madelaine M Plourde	Halifax	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	200 days	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Allison Keeping	Sydney	65 days	92 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	71 days	87 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	86 days	113 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	142 days	83 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	142 days	88 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	119 days	115 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	131 days	111 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	162 days	86 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	115 days	134 days
Lior Flor	Sydney	140 days	153 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	138 days	186 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	79 days	247 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	119 days	217 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	182 days	157 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	174 days	174 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	37 days	314 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	115 days	239 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	217 days	140 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	159 days	201 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	71 days	300 days
John Booth	Truro	113 days	260 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	147 days	235 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	279 days	138 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	204 days	237 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	310 days	149 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	307 days	180 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	380 days	142 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	362 days	164 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	404 days	133 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	421 days	133 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	455 days	162 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	349 days	275 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	343 days	290 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	424 days	219 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	460 days	330 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	495 days	308 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	531 days	305 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	471 days	376 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	765 days	155 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	934 days	74 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	1012 days	129 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	522 days	675 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	1072 days	165 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	1084 days	388 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	945 days	553 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	1513 days	92 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	1744 days	178 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Alexander Ednie	Halifax	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	244 days	---
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	---	---
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	---	---
Madelaine M Plourde	Halifax	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	361 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	420	76	224
2024 Jul-Sep	80	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	439	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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