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? 44days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 76days

Wait times

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	91 days	66 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	163 days	143 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	40 days	72 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	29 days	57 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	167 days	117 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	241 days	160 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	124 days	40 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	114 days	49 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	63 days	112 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	68 days	75 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	34 days	46 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	36 days	88 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	31 days	47 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	22 days	45 days

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	334 days	109 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	485 days	648 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	120 days	304 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	91 days	195 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	440 days	284 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	369 days	700 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	295 days	242 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	189 days	380 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	87 days	358 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	380 days	241 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	118 days	118 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	276 days	279 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	243 days	312 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	89 days	115 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Ahmed Jad	Truro	60 days	107 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	257 days	161 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	123 days	49 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	44 days	150 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	16 days	34 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	41 days	55 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	41 days	87 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	70 days	60 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	---	127 days
Casey Armstrong	Bridgewater	12 days	27 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	46 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	56 days	93 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	14 days	36 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	583 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	36 days	46 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	297 days	71 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	50 days	85 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	33 days	44 days
Dawn MacLellan	Halifax	---	---
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	41 days	86 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	25 days	119 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	39 days	64 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	23 days	90 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	170 days	54 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	---	76 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	112 days	39 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	19 days	44 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	218 days
John Booth	Truro	48 days	142 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	158 days	67 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	277 days	135 days
Karen Eva	Halifax	---	---
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	25 days	27 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	89 days	76 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	93 days	69 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	267 days	103 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	7 days	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	28 days	41 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	16 days	56 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	---	64 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	34 days	52 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	197 days	64 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	86 days	45 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	90 days	107 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	189 days	114 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	158 days	326 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	334 days	115 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	37 days	23 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	288 days	42 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	23 days	59 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	210 days	175 days

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Ahmed Jad	Truro	135 days	199 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	378 days	306 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	272 days	402 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	55 days	208 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	29 days	67 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	113 days	90 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	71 days	182 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	182 days	112 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	---	242 days
Casey Armstrong	Bridgewater	21 days	124 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	80 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	83 days	235 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	33 days	97 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	814 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	77 days	125 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	363 days	106 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	87 days	148 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	73 days	152 days
Dawn MacLellan	Halifax	---	---
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	68 days	123 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	130 days	205 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	73 days	122 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	40 days	310 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	371 days	161 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	---	104 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	191 days	88 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	76 days	116 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	396 days
John Booth	Truro	70 days	506 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	312 days	202 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	593 days	213 days
Karen Eva	Halifax	---	---
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	42 days	55 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	233 days	258 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	311 days	139 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	770 days	165 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	38 days	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	48 days	76 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	91 days	325 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	---	305 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	91 days	115 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	308 days	511 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	167 days	118 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	266 days	363 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	358 days	537 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	394 days	648 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	587 days	314 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	66 days	85 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	807 days	273 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	85 days	118 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	285 days	323 days

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50%	Consult - 90%	Surgery - 50%	Surgery - 90%
2021 Oct-Dec	43	209	52	230
2022 Jan-Mar	49	209	66	224
2022 Apr-Jun	50	198	73	267
2022 Jul-Sep	50	240	75	226
2022 Oct-Dec	50	245	64	283
2023 Jan-Mar	51	287	77	293
2023 Apr-Jun	55	272	63	230
2023 Jul-Sep	72	304	59	256
2023 Oct-Dec	44	244	76	270

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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