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? 69days

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

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	51 days	47 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	45 days	61 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	34 days	83 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	92 days	40 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	77 days	73 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	37 days	121 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	92 days	86 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	119 days	61 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	55 days	135 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	113 days	85 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	200 days	63 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	207 days	85 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	343 days	77 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	105 days	111 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	126 days	206 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	210 days	131 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	124 days	233 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	284 days	148 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	335 days	164 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	211 days	293 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	398 days	216 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	425 days	229 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	615 days	89 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	433 days	303 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	561 days	248 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	1318 days	128 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	23 days	34 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	25 days	36 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	24 days	39 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	22 days	54 days
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	41 days	40 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	48 days	43 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	35 days	57 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	42 days	55 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	63 days	55 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	65 days	55 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	55 days	65 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	87 days	41 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	77 days	53 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	50 days	81 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	71 days	62 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	68 days	66 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	80 days	56 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	77 days	64 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	85 days	62 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	97 days	63 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	43 days	118 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	18 days	149 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	118 days	58 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	56 days	122 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	23 days	160 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	99 days	89 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	112 days	82 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	88 days	109 days
John Booth	Truro	51 days	156 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	177 days	51 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	133 days	105 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	128 days	122 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	191 days	64 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	114 days	147 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	220 days	43 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	230 days	40 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	203 days	80 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	148 days	154 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	216 days	88 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	351 days	46 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	346 days	73 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	219 days	203 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	211 days	250 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	389 days	112 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	421 days	142 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	432 days	186 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	1394 days	64 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	23 days	---
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	140 days	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	---	---
Madelaine M Plourde	Halifax	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Allison Keeping	Sydney	52 days	62 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	64 days	66 days
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	85 days	56 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	60 days	97 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	110 days	74 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	99 days	99 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	79 days	138 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	137 days	111 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	112 days	147 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	142 days	137 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	120 days	168 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	137 days	165 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	205 days	111 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	144 days	175 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	79 days	247 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	174 days	155 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	62 days	279 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	244 days	101 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	242 days	114 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	217 days	139 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	78 days	279 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	85 days	277 days
John Booth	Truro	93 days	275 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	147 days	245 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	271 days	125 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	313 days	133 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	316 days	151 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	103 days	369 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	335 days	142 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	225 days	306 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	318 days	232 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	399 days	190 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	475 days	138 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	221 days	419 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	439 days	232 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	503 days	229 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	506 days	323 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	458 days	376 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	458 days	378 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	701 days	175 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	913 days	156 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	869 days	303 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	522 days	659 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	886 days	393 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	1513 days	105 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	1582 days	178 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	1211 days	994 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	40 days	---
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	349 days	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	---	---
Madelaine M Plourde	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	430	85	294
2024 Oct-Dec	78	556	99	297
2025 Jan-Mar	86	485	94	311
2025 Apr-Jun	77	455	78	223
2025 Jul-Sep	69	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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