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? 48days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 69days

Wait times

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	99 days	60 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	183 days	182 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	40 days	69 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	36 days	48 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	145 days	104 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	239 days	151 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	138 days	40 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	136 days	44 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	66 days	131 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	77 days	64 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	30 days	48 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	34 days	81 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	31 days	52 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	22 days	58 days

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	363 days	109 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	570 days	622 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	120 days	215 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	98 days	153 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	358 days	258 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	512 days	689 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	293 days	242 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	231 days	380 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	99 days	343 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	380 days	269 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	104 days	118 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	311 days	272 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	273 days	228 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	103 days	109 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Ahmed Jad	Truro	80 days	119 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	285 days	212 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	156 days	50 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	150 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	15 days	34 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	41 days	55 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	41 days	81 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	92 days	49 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	243 days	103 days
Casey Armstrong	Bridgewater	14 days	27 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	65 days	134 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	17 days	42 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	564 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	36 days	41 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	265 days	79 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	48 days	107 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	29 days	53 days
Dawn MacLellan	Halifax	---	---
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	46 days	87 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	69 days	183 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	47 days	86 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	13 days	78 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	181 days	67 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	127 days	39 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	22 days	56 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	186 days
John Booth	Truro	48 days	137 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	163 days	55 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	234 days	130 days
Karen Milford	Halifax	---	160 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	23 days	27 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	87 days	75 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	86 days	69 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	222 days	101 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	8 days	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	46 days	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	30 days	55 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	21 days	56 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	102 days	70 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	33 days	70 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	197 days	76 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	45 days	49 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	95 days	176 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	98 days	124 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	294 days	312 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	299 days	130 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	33 days	23 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	236 days	41 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	22 days	55 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	149 days	176 days

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Ahmed Jad	Truro	196 days	199 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	378 days	312 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	402 days	402 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	195 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	30 days	67 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	113 days	90 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	70 days	156 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	282 days	109 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	578 days	277 days
Casey Armstrong	Bridgewater	25 days	124 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	83 days	225 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	33 days	97 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	814 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	95 days	58 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	332 days	96 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	82 days	230 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	73 days	180 days
Dawn MacLellan	Halifax	---	---
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	66 days	136 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	130 days	225 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	73 days	122 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	36 days	121 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	642 days	215 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	206 days	88 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	81 days	120 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	396 days
John Booth	Truro	70 days	317 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	329 days	195 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	593 days	199 days
Karen Milford	Halifax	---	303 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	38 days	41 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	142 days	215 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	367 days	153 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	770 days	165 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	64 days	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	77 days	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	49 days	83 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	98 days	153 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	127 days	128 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	103 days	105 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	392 days	511 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	162 days	130 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	292 days	596 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	358 days	537 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	745 days	676 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	371 days	314 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	66 days	85 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	807 days	251 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	67 days	114 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	278 days	328 days

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50%	Consult - 90%	Surgery - 50%	Surgery - 90%
2022 Jan-Mar	49	209	66	224
2022 Apr-Jun	50	198	73	267
2022 Jul-Sep	50	240	76	234
2022 Oct-Dec	50	245	64	283
2023 Jan-Mar	50	273	77	293
2023 Apr-Jun	55	272	62	230
2023 Jul-Sep	76	308	59	256
2023 Oct-Dec	46	244	76	270
2024 Jan-Mar	48	307	69	254

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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