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? 55days
Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 76days

Wait times

50th

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Glace Bay Glace Bay Healthcare Facility --- 87
days
Yarmouth Yarmouth Regional Hospital 30
days
80
days
Truro Colchester East Hants Health Centre 41
days
106
days
Bridgewater South Shore Regional Hospital 41
days
53
days
Antigonish St. Martha's Regional Hospital 45
days
220
days
Amherst Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre 67
days
54
days
Kentville Valley Regional Hospital 70
days
70
days
New Glasgow Aberdeen Hospital 101
days
98
days
Inverness Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital 127
days
43
days
Dartmouth Dartmouth General Hospital 179
days
81
days
Halifax QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites) 187
days
85
days
Windsor Hants Community Hospital 258
days
46
days
Sydney Cape Breton Regional Hospital 288
days
205
days

90th

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Glace Bay Glace Bay Healthcare Facility --- 268
days
Yarmouth Yarmouth Regional Hospital 67
days
193
days
Bridgewater South Shore Regional Hospital 72
days
130
days
Antigonish St. Martha's Regional Hospital 98
days
337
days
Amherst Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre 106
days
125
days
Truro Colchester East Hants Health Centre 138
days
212
days
Inverness Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital 180
days
118
days
Dartmouth Dartmouth General Hospital 376
days
286
days
New Glasgow Aberdeen Hospital 393
days
159
days
Halifax QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites) 407
days
301
days
Kentville Valley Regional Hospital 453
days
189
days
Sydney Cape Breton Regional Hospital 530
days
448
days
Windsor Hants Community Hospital 609
days
113
days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Adam Southcott Truro --- ---
Clay K Butler Sydney --- 515
days
Irma Joan Proctor Bridgewater --- 62
days
Aneil Arvind Mujoomdar Halifax --- ---
Katerina Neumann Halifax --- ---
Lucy K Helyer Halifax --- ---
Paul M Johnson Halifax --- ---
Gregory Knapp Halifax 10
days
---
Casey Armstrong Bridgewater 14
days
26
days
Oleg Lefel Yarmouth 16
days
75
days
Victoria Smith Bridgewater 17
days
56
days
Christopher Murphy Yarmouth 19
days
70
days
Lukas Wasserman Antigonish 19
days
188
days
Farisa Hossain Antigonish 19
days
124
days
Benjamin Heisler Kentville 21
days
36
days
Kevin Johnson Bridgewater 22
days
27
days
Jenelle King Yarmouth 23
days
67
days
Todd Stoddart Bridgewater 25
days
48
days
Scott Livingstone Halifax 30
days
32
days
David MacFarlane Kentville 31
days
67
days
Martin Dzierzanowski Truro 34
days
55
days
Blair MacDonald Yarmouth 34
days
52
days
Rhys Kavanagh Bridgewater 35
days
76
days
John Booth Truro 38
days
145
days
Colin McWilliams Amherst 42
days
37
days
Mark J Walsh Halifax 46
days
108
days
Boris Gala Lopez Halifax 47
days
96
days
Edward Joy Bridgewater 49
days
81
days
Nabil Nader Amherst 52
days
97
days
F Donald Clark Kentville 52
days
74
days
Stephanie Hiebert Halifax 54
days
72
days
Krista de Boer Antigonish 64
days
86
days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk Amherst 68
days
112
days
Kieron McGibney Truro 69
days
110
days
Chakshu Sahi New Glasgow 83
days
52
days
Eileen Roach Sydney 92
days
163
days
Riley Stewart Dartmouth 98
days
95
days
Richard Spence Halifax 104
days
244
days
Brian Nocon New Glasgow 121
days
30
days
Warren W Shih Dartmouth 126
days
176
days
Ahmed Jad Truro 127
days
123
days
Jane Watson-Jessome Windsor 154
days
39
days
Ryan Patrick Kelly Kentville 190
days
311
days
John L Murdoch Dartmouth 214
days
49
days
Samuel Minor Halifax 244
days
114
days
Alison Archibald Sydney 244
days
57
days
Heather Poushay Sydney 262
days
67
days
Jonathan Boyde Enright Dartmouth 274
days
126
days
Colleen M O'Sullivan New Glasgow 294
days
78
days
Paul Yaffe Kentville 307
days
120
days
Alicia Lamey Sydney 347
days
194
days
Stephanie Lapierre Sydney 369
days
54
days
C Marius Hoogerboord Halifax 490
days
102
days
Leszek J Wasilewski Dartmouth 601
days
81
days

90th

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Adam Southcott Truro --- ---
Clay K Butler Sydney --- 814
days
Irma Joan Proctor Bridgewater --- 76
days
Aneil Arvind Mujoomdar Halifax --- ---
Katerina Neumann Halifax --- ---
Lucy K Helyer Halifax --- ---
Paul M Johnson Halifax --- ---
Gregory Knapp Halifax 25
days
---
Casey Armstrong Bridgewater 27
days
105
days
Christopher Murphy Yarmouth 33
days
180
days
Victoria Smith Bridgewater 42
days
99
days
Kevin Johnson Bridgewater 42
days
45
days
Martin Dzierzanowski Truro 50
days
97
days
Benjamin Heisler Kentville 55
days
75
days
Scott Livingstone Halifax 65
days
85
days
Edward Joy Bridgewater 68
days
140
days
Lukas Wasserman Antigonish 70
days
357
days
F Donald Clark Kentville 76
days
101
days
Jenelle King Yarmouth 76
days
120
days
Blair MacDonald Yarmouth 79
days
93
days
Farisa Hossain Antigonish 86
days
316
days
John Booth Truro 87
days
324
days
Boris Gala Lopez Halifax 90
days
175
days
Mark J Walsh Halifax 91
days
727
days
Todd Stoddart Bridgewater 96
days
103
days
Colin McWilliams Amherst 97
days
57
days
Oleg Lefel Yarmouth 110
days
185
days
Nabil Nader Amherst 112
days
140
days
Kieron McGibney Truro 120
days
250
days
Stephanie Hiebert Halifax 120
days
86
days
David MacFarlane Kentville 126
days
180
days
Rhys Kavanagh Bridgewater 173
days
162
days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk Amherst 191
days
211
days
Warren W Shih Dartmouth 218
days
316
days
Ahmed Jad Truro 223
days
213
days
Jane Watson-Jessome Windsor 247
days
112
days
Krista de Boer Antigonish 283
days
272
days
John L Murdoch Dartmouth 322
days
195
days
Eileen Roach Sydney 335
days
268
days
Richard Spence Halifax 343
days
363
days
Samuel Minor Halifax 346
days
283
days
Brian Nocon New Glasgow 364
days
85
days
Colleen M O'Sullivan New Glasgow 416
days
145
days
Riley Stewart Dartmouth 453
days
441
days
Paul Yaffe Kentville 460
days
281
days
Alicia Lamey Sydney 526
days
315
days
Alison Archibald Sydney 570
days
380
days
Jonathan Boyde Enright Dartmouth 593
days
199
days
C Marius Hoogerboord Halifax 604
days
305
days
Heather Poushay Sydney 642
days
215
days
Chakshu Sahi New Glasgow 703
days
119
days
Ryan Patrick Kelly Kentville 745
days
648
days
Stephanie Lapierre Sydney 963
days
176
days
Leszek J Wasilewski Dartmouth 1538
days
165
days

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.