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? 48days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 79days

Wait times

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	44 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	132 days	48 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	51 days	49 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	278 days	49 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	36 days	53 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	16 days	62 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	31 days	75 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	36 days	77 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	157 days	80 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	143 days	93 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	396 days	95 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	27 days	167 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	368 days	248 days

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	387 days	107 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	43 days	107 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	191 days	120 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	122 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	62 days	125 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	586 days	209 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	434 days	214 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	112 days	222 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	293 days	259 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	128 days	265 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	580 days	277 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	512 days	299 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	665 days	783 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Aneil Arvind Mujoomdar	Halifax	---	---
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	---	---
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	---	---
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	---	---
Casey Armstrong	Bridgewater	14 days	26 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	21 days	27 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	37 days	29 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	18 days	35 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	40 days	37 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	125 days	41 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	91 days	43 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	134 days	46 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	369 days	47 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	32 days	48 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	38 days	49 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	17 days	51 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	29 days	53 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	25 days	55 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	189 days	58 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	46 days	60 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	22 days	62 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	219 days	63 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	64 days	67 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	174 days	70 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	45 days	70 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	22 days	71 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	99 days	71 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	284 days	71 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	93 days	72 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	46 days	76 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	87 days	79 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	208 days	80 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	48 days	81 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	47 days	86 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	339 days	101 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	20 days	107 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	270 days	114 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	43 days	116 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	99 days	117 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	64 days	118 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	44 days	121 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	100 days	129 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	274 days	130 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	429 days	140 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	161 days	162 days
John Booth	Truro	48 days	169 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	14 days	191 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	300 days	194 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	100 days	205 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	189 days	340 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	505 days

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Aneil Arvind Mujoomdar	Halifax	---	---
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	---	---
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	---	---
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	---	---
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	36 days	43 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	95 days	57 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	59 days	74 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	120 days	81 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	48 days	83 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	703 days	85 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	92 days	90 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	65 days	96 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	282 days	106 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	197 days	106 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	110 days	106 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	427 days	120 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	76 days	122 days
Casey Armstrong	Bridgewater	27 days	124 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	81 days	135 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	173 days	137 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	68 days	140 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	34 days	147 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	367 days	153 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	118 days	153 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	103 days	165 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	1538 days	165 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	88 days	175 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	233 days	183 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	593 days	199 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	130 days	205 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	242 days	208 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	642 days	215 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	191 days	216 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	127 days	227 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	323 days	237 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	848 days	251 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	202 days	264 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	405 days	283 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	579 days	305 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	470 days	306 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	86 days	316 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	286 days	330 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	49 days	346 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	292 days	363 days
John Booth	Truro	87 days	366 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	435 days	443 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	453 days	477 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	512 days	493 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	811 days	598 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	77 days	674 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	814 days

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50%	Consult - 90%	Surgery - 50%	Surgery - 90%
2022 Jan-Mar	60	276	71	224
2022 Apr-Jun	52	258	90	314
2022 Jul-Sep	48	259	85	293
2022 Oct-Dec	57	382	80	291
2023 Jan-Mar	64	411	83	336
2023 Apr-Jun	57	340	73	283
2023 Jul-Sep	71	412	67	287
2023 Oct-Dec	49	303	85	300
2024 Jan-Mar	48	312	79	281

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 Trends

Hernia Repair (Adult)

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Wait Times Trends

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