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? 51days

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	44 days	43 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	48 days	65 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	67 days	53 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	43 days	80 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	69 days	67 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	78 days	76 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	41 days	130 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	45 days	151 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	165 days	46 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	151 days	69 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	118 days	106 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	200 days	39 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	178 days	69 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	227 days	40 days

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	140 days	114 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	88 days	192 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	155 days	134 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	185 days	109 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	126 days	297 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	144 days	293 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	362 days	117 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	318 days	164 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	395 days	213 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	387 days	222 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	389 days	275 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	656 days	144 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	631 days	220 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	734 days	149 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	22 days	31 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	29 days	31 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	25 days	41 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	22 days	53 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	39 days	45 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	31 days	57 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	47 days	43 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	44 days	56 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	53 days	58 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	68 days	43 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	48 days	71 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	73 days	48 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	69 days	54 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	79 days	45 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	70 days	55 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	56 days	76 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	50 days	83 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	43 days	94 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	77 days	63 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	105 days	42 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	122 days	26 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	13 days	145 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	97 days	61 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	55 days	113 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	39 days	135 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	119 days	61 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	27 days	154 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	113 days	70 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	148 days	49 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	87 days	110 days
Karen Milford	Halifax	73 days	140 days
John Booth	Truro	57 days	163 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	131 days	99 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	116 days	131 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	127 days	123 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	221 days	36 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	230 days	35 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	222 days	76 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	159 days	165 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	334 days	39 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	339 days	72 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	306 days	125 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	282 days	231 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	402 days	138 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	428 days	317 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	---	---
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	---	116 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	138 days	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	56 days
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	---	36 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	42 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	---	165 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Allison Keeping	Sydney	52 days	67 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	56 days	66 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	60 days	114 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	77 days	99 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	110 days	70 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	69 days	141 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	78 days	138 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	103 days	114 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	113 days	124 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	85 days	160 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	144 days	111 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	98 days	165 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	120 days	154 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	144 days	131 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	221 days	65 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	160 days	127 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	168 days	122 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	161 days	136 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	114 days	185 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	58 days	251 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	217 days	92 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	108 days	203 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	217 days	104 days
Karen Milford	Halifax	90 days	232 days
John Booth	Truro	75 days	253 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	104 days	244 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	78 days	272 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	224 days	133 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	60 days	300 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	266 days	120 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	244 days	150 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	316 days	113 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	165 days	410 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	398 days	177 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	389 days	209 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	503 days	170 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	543 days	165 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	382 days	360 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	349 days	393 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	341 days	453 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	506 days	308 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	740 days	326 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	913 days	156 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	1044 days	115 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	1013 days	994 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	---	---
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	---	164 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	349 days	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	105 days
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	---	56 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	128 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	---	644 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
2023 Jul-Sep	77	308	59	256
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	342	77	265
2024 Oct-Dec	69	379	74	237
2025 Jan-Mar	76	370	80	225
2025 Apr-Jun	60	309	76	207
2025 Jul-Sep	51	332	64	230

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

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Hernia Repair - Inguinal/Femoral

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