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? 55days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 64days

Wait times

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	21 days	37 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	41 days	41 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	35 days	47 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	29 days	62 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	27 days	72 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	55 days	74 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	98 days	34 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	70 days	71 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	59 days	90 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	129 days	42 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	81 days	95 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	168 days	78 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	165 days	119 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	167 days	120 days

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	91 days	115 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	137 days	130 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	189 days	120 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	102 days	208 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	84 days	226 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	255 days	119 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	89 days	305 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	285 days	249 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	202 days	338 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	311 days	279 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	477 days	134 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	405 days	285 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	505 days	220 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	485 days	564 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	14 days	31 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	16 days	32 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	16 days	37 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	28 days	27 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	22 days	34 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	37 days	23 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	21 days	43 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	27 days	43 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	33 days	45 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	19 days	60 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	43 days	38 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	22 days	63 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	40 days	47 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	34 days	54 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	24 days	70 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	47 days	52 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	14 days	85 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	42 days	57 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	52 days	49 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	29 days	76 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	48 days	66 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	71 days	46 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	86 days	33 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	48 days	85 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	63 days	104 days
John Booth	Truro	39 days	129 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	45 days	126 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	144 days	44 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	98 days	90 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	94 days	105 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	166 days	49 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	89 days	131 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	224 days	39 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	165 days	100 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	156 days	120 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	211 days	82 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	212 days	83 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	248 days	140 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	152 days	260 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	348 days	80 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	337 days	106 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	243 days	216 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	209 days	281 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	87 days	446 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	163 days	---
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	46 days
Dawn MacLellan	Halifax	---	---
Eileen Roach	Sydney	24 days	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	---

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	28 days	78 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	43 days	67 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	57 days	56 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	37 days	106 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	86 days	76 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	65 days	110 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	76 days	120 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	70 days	128 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	68 days	138 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	91 days	128 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	95 days	125 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	76 days	161 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	130 days	112 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	165 days	83 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	68 days	182 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	87 days	173 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	55 days	208 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	66 days	220 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	168 days	119 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	181 days	109 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	118 days	176 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	36 days	305 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	186 days	188 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	84 days	305 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	93 days	310 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	254 days	161 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	82 days	358 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	112 days	342 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	231 days	239 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	233 days	258 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	358 days	184 days
John Booth	Truro	69 days	506 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	239 days	387 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	285 days	349 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	457 days	202 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	510 days	155 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	378 days	376 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	553 days	213 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	587 days	183 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	639 days	165 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	165 days	648 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	392 days	490 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	807 days	272 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	880 days	563 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	486 days	---
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	80 days
Dawn MacLellan	Halifax	---	---
Eileen Roach	Sydney	71 days	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	---

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50%	Consult - 90%	Surgery - 50%	Surgery - 90%
2021 Jul-Sep	46	212	55	229
2021 Oct-Dec	42	201	52	230
2022 Jan-Mar	49	213	66	224
2022 Apr-Jun	49	198	73	267
2022 Jul-Sep	50	240	75	226
2022 Oct-Dec	50	245	63	266
2023 Jan-Mar	50	273	76	292
2023 Apr-Jun	51	273	62	223
2023 Jul-Sep	71	308	58	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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