Hernia Repair - Inguinal/Femoral | Nova Scotia Wait Time Information

Service/Procedure Summary

Repair of a hernia in the groin area. A hernia occurs when a piece of an organ sticks through the wall that should normally contain it.

Consult Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 70days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 64days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	47 days	45 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	49 days	47 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	52 days	49 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	50 days	80 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	50 days	81 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	77 days	68 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	75 days	71 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	41 days	135 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	165 days	46 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	42 days	177 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	128 days	101 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	163 days	67 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	183 days	66 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	220 days	41 days

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	144 days	94 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	142 days	115 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	88 days	200 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	160 days	141 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	106 days	279 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	194 days	318 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	330 days	207 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	398 days	151 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	389 days	224 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	316 days	302 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	481 days	164 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	654 days	175 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	734 days	128 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	962 days	81 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Nabil Nader	Amherst	15 days	46 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	23 days	41 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	27 days	40 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	22 days	54 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	34 days	54 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	47 days	43 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	56 days	43 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	46 days	55 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	55 days	50 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	40 days	74 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	70 days	49 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	56 days	72 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	78 days	57 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	74 days	63 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	53 days	86 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	77 days	63 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	52 days	98 days
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	98 days	56 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	97 days	61 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	107 days	56 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	62 days	106 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	13 days	156 days
Karen Milford	Halifax	62 days	109 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	112 days	68 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	106 days	76 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	41 days	144 days
John Booth	Truro	60 days	128 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	148 days	44 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	104 days	92 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	143 days	59 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	39 days	167 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	108 days	106 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	172 days	59 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	171 days	61 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	196 days	41 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	124 days	121 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	201 days	45 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	20 days	237 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	217 days	43 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	159 days	157 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	335 days	62 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	294 days	167 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	392 days	141 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	322 days	245 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	316 days	361 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	1397 days	64 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	76 days	---
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	---	109 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	109 days	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	---
Richard Spence	Halifax	---	203 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	---	94 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Allison Keeping	Sydney	56 days	75 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	60 days	83 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	60 days	114 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	103 days	76 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	83 days	99 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	121 days	70 days
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	140 days	83 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	88 days	161 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	67 days	183 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	120 days	134 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	144 days	111 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	62 days	201 days
Karen Milford	Halifax	73 days	202 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	138 days	141 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	148 days	131 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	161 days	129 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	152 days	147 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	214 days	85 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	157 days	155 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	165 days	149 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	221 days	96 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	167 days	150 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	168 days	158 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	104 days	233 days
John Booth	Truro	99 days	245 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	106 days	239 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	44 days	307 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	252 days	133 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	78 days	335 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	245 days	203 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	294 days	162 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	296 days	194 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	359 days	151 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	257 days	301 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	421 days	148 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	482 days	139 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	295 days	345 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	494 days	220 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	461 days	283 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	414 days	360 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	740 days	118 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	868 days	116 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	917 days	159 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	1289 days	115 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	1493 days	128 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	1084 days	994 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	156 days	---
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	---	164 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	349 days	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	---
Richard Spence	Halifax	---	644 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	---	335 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
2023 Oct-Dec	43	239	76	270
2024 Jan-Mar	48	310	70	243
2024 Apr-Jun	52	335	73	213
2024 Jul-Sep	64	347	77	265
2024 Oct-Dec	69	379	74	237
2025 Jan-Mar	78	370	80	225
2025 Apr-Jun	60	310	76	207
2025 Jul-Sep	54	351	64	230
2025 Oct-Dec	70	369	64	219

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 - Inguinal/Femoral

Service/Procedure Summary

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Wait Times Trends

Hernia Repair - Inguinal/Femoral

Service/Procedure Summary

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Wait Times by Surgeon

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