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? 77days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 84days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	52 days	41 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	42 days	56 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	40 days	99 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	73 days	75 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	71 days	82 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	76 days	95 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	258 days	33 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	51 days	241 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	219 days	85 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	196 days	128 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	321 days	292 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	125 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	43 days

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	99 days	97 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	86 days	130 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	131 days	120 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	200 days	245 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	98 days	370 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	190 days	320 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	421 days	151 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	436 days	156 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	580 days	172 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	490 days	300 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	507 days	685 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	273 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	70 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Casey Armstrong	Bridgewater	17 days	26 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	22 days	27 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	21 days	36 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	33 days	35 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	26 days	48 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	42 days	37 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	22 days	62 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	13 days	73 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	24 days	66 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	39 days	56 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	41 days	55 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	36 days	62 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	47 days	57 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	31 days	75 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	41 days	76 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	35 days	90 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	60 days	69 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	49 days	81 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	45 days	90 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	54 days	81 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	25 days	124 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	46 days	108 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	64 days	96 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	131 days	30 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	62 days	114 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	68 days	109 days
John Booth	Truro	40 days	142 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	103 days	99 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	175 days	39 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	19 days	209 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	127 days	133 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	91 days	174 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	228 days	43 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	98 days	181 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	247 days	85 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	283 days	58 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	106 days	244 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	239 days	129 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	295 days	78 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	318 days	60 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	287 days	112 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	308 days	121 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	230 days	312 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	353 days	195 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	490 days	102 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	617 days	75 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	---	---
Aneil Arvind Mujoomdar	Halifax	---	---
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	496 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	11 days	---
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	---	62 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	---	---
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	45 days	55 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	55 days	76 days
Casey Armstrong	Bridgewater	33 days	105 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	65 days	85 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	97 days	57 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	60 days	99 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	51 days	111 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	52 days	112 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	82 days	101 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	91 days	101 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	68 days	137 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	111 days	98 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	90 days	175 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	86 days	195 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	91 days	192 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	128 days	180 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	98 days	216 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	120 days	216 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	109 days	241 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	258 days	96 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	196 days	167 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	191 days	195 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	98 days	300 days
John Booth	Truro	96 days	324 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	113 days	316 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	75 days	366 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	368 days	81 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	228 days	227 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	338 days	162 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	203 days	314 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	421 days	152 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	346 days	283 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	378 days	268 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	460 days	219 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	530 days	176 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	312 days	413 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	600 days	140 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	567 days	199 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	358 days	441 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	88 days	727 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	526 days	323 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	604 days	305 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	642 days	273 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	595 days	386 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	745 days	646 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	1538 days	165 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	---	---
Aneil Arvind Mujoomdar	Halifax	---	---
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	840 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	25 days	---
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	---	76 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	---	---
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
2022 Jul-Sep	48	259	85	293
2022 Oct-Dec	57	391	80	291
2023 Jan-Mar	64	420	83	336
2023 Apr-Jun	58	337	73	283
2023 Jul-Sep	72	412	67	287
2023 Oct-Dec	49	292	84	300
2024 Jan-Mar	51	341	79	281
2024 Apr-Jun	59	427	76	224
2024 Jul-Sep	77	428	84	293

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

Wait times

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Wait Times by Surgeon

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Wait Times Trends

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