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	41 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	58 days	50 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	53 days	65 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	42 days	81 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	59 days	70 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	78 days	72 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	129 days	29 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	41 days	123 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	48 days	139 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	105 days	97 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	139 days	69 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	200 days	39 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	220 days	40 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	203 days	88 days

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	142 days	114 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	153 days	105 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	132 days	141 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	88 days	196 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	130 days	276 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	310 days	111 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	126 days	300 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	318 days	164 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	371 days	211 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	395 days	194 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	401 days	232 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	734 days	97 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	561 days	301 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	722 days	163 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	20 days	28 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	36 days	20 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	23 days	38 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	22 days	53 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	39 days	44 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	44 days	45 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	48 days	42 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	31 days	67 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	65 days	39 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	68 days	40 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	53 days	58 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	70 days	50 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	73 days	47 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	60 days	61 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	80 days	42 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	56 days	67 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	56 days	72 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	46 days	83 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	70 days	61 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	71 days	65 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	42 days	94 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	16 days	121 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	105 days	41 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	122 days	27 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	50 days	116 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	41 days	125 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	55 days	111 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	112 days	68 days
Karen Milford	Halifax	70 days	111 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	29 days	153 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	130 days	53 days
John Booth	Truro	49 days	163 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	127 days	86 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	91 days	125 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	126 days	97 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	132 days	107 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	224 days	40 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	222 days	74 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	261 days	35 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	205 days	162 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	251 days	125 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	350 days	37 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	322 days	79 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	254 days	236 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	398 days	139 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	274 days	317 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	---	204 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	53 days
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	---	36 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	56 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	---	165 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	37 days	69 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	52 days	67 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	44 days	114 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	43 days	128 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	110 days	64 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	108 days	85 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	69 days	128 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	99 days	99 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	144 days	60 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	103 days	114 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	104 days	143 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	88 days	161 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	88 days	164 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	98 days	160 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	130 days	131 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	120 days	154 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	221 days	65 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	160 days	127 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	155 days	133 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	168 days	122 days
Karen Milford	Halifax	90 days	204 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	161 days	134 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	114 days	185 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	64 days	237 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	217 days	92 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	217 days	104 days
John Booth	Truro	74 days	253 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	78 days	251 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	104 days	244 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	60 days	300 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	274 days	118 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	304 days	104 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	316 days	110 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	165 days	410 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	390 days	222 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	503 days	170 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	548 days	175 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	561 days	175 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	656 days	334 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	868 days	129 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	1582 days	163 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	1013 days	994 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	---	356 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
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	340	77	265
2024 Oct-Dec	69	379	74	237
2025 Jan-Mar	78	370	80	225
2025 Apr-Jun	59	310	76	205
2025 Jul-Sep	51	308	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

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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