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
90% of people served within ?
244 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
268 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
50 days
105 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
84 days
137 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
105 days
182 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
135 days
208 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
103 days
257 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
252 days
136 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
182 days
207 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
121 days
315 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
227 days
214 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
417 days
287 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
382 days
349 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
285 days
452 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
518 days
220 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
---
86 days

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
10 days
30 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
27 days
64 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
38 days
55 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
48 days
49 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
45 days
53 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
28 days
87 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
23 days
107 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
91 days
40 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
58 days
77 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
68 days
90 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
115 days
93 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
83 days
140 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
139 days
118 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
---
37 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeonsort ascending Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
265 days
428 days
Halifax
---
325 days
Bridgewater
282 days
183 days
Sydney
---
---
Halifax
---
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Halifax
238 days
220 days
Halifax
585 days
128 days
Kentville
756 days
338 days
Halifax
78 days
191 days
Sydney
---
207 days
Dartmouth
367 days
184 days
Halifax
103 days
124 days
Bridgewater
86 days
146 days
Kentville
123 days
400 days
Yarmouth
37 days
105 days
Truro
36 days
211 days
Amherst
120 days
475 days
Truro
40 days
171 days
Antigonish
---
---
Antigonish
---
---
Dartmouth
584 days
158 days
Antigonish
240 days
214 days
Truro
233 days
258 days
Bridgewater
49 days
196 days
Dartmouth
433 days
206 days
Dartmouth
177 days
239 days
Truro
64 days
337 days
Halifax
76 days
106 days
Yarmouth
22 days
71 days
Windsor
114 days
94 days
Bridgewater
91 days
104 days
Sydney
---
105 days
Antigonish
40 days
140 days
Kentville
69 days
69 days
Bridgewater
108 days
182 days
Kentville
94 days
149 days
Halifax
97 days
103 days
New Glasgow
510 days
334 days
Amherst
140 days
142 days
Sydney
255 days
641 days
Yarmouth
69 days
106 days
Halifax
65 days
86 days
New Glasgow
---
242 days
Halifax
486 days
---
New Glasgow
65 days
90 days
Halifax
57 days
129 days
Yarmouth
70 days
40 days
Kentville
63 days
82 days
Amherst
38 days
176 days
Sydney
239 days
345 days
Sydney
190 days
376 days
Truro
90 days
104 days

50%

Surgeonsort ascending Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
211 days
245 days
Halifax
---
116 days
Bridgewater
32 days
70 days
Sydney
---
---
Halifax
---
---
Halifax
24 days
55 days
Halifax
373 days
78 days
Kentville
119 days
183 days
Halifax
55 days
67 days
Sydney
---
111 days
Dartmouth
144 days
62 days
Halifax
42 days
78 days
Bridgewater
55 days
62 days
Kentville
44 days
314 days
Yarmouth
7 days
35 days
Truro
28 days
97 days
Amherst
26 days
63 days
Truro
23 days
46 days
Antigonish
---
---
Antigonish
---
---
Dartmouth
223 days
81 days
Antigonish
190 days
163 days
Truro
103 days
159 days
Bridgewater
29 days
28 days
Dartmouth
166 days
80 days
Dartmouth
123 days
118 days
Truro
28 days
141 days
Halifax
45 days
43 days
Yarmouth
8 days
28 days
Windsor
79 days
34 days
Bridgewater
36 days
24 days
Sydney
---
49 days
Antigonish
14 days
82 days
Kentville
33 days
36 days
Bridgewater
41 days
67 days
Kentville
54 days
51 days
Halifax
51 days
55 days
New Glasgow
334 days
154 days
Amherst
29 days
59 days
Sydney
83 days
362 days
Yarmouth
14 days
24 days
Halifax
48 days
36 days
New Glasgow
---
37 days
Halifax
190 days
---
New Glasgow
25 days
43 days
Halifax
21 days
102 days
Yarmouth
38 days
14 days
Kentville
28 days
35 days
Amherst
29 days
103 days
Sydney
62 days
49 days
Sydney
119 days
129 days
Truro
23 days
67 days

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