Service/Procedure Summary
Repair of a hernia in the groin area using a special small camera called a laparoscope that is inserted into the body through a small incision called a port. A hernia occurs when a piece of an organ sticks through the wall that should normally contain it.
Wait times
50th
| Community | Facility | Consult Wait Time | Surgery Wait Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater | South Shore Regional Hospital |
61 days
|
50 days
|
| Amherst | Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre |
44 days
|
71 days
|
| New Glasgow | Aberdeen Hospital |
49 days
|
102 days
|
| Inverness | Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital |
84 days
|
79 days
|
| Yarmouth | Yarmouth Regional Hospital |
160 days
|
88 days
|
| Antigonish | St. Martha's Regional Hospital |
48 days
|
219 days
|
| Kentville | Valley Regional Hospital |
174 days
|
99 days
|
| Sydney | Cape Breton Regional Hospital |
53 days
|
252 days
|
| Dartmouth | Dartmouth General Hospital |
210 days
|
111 days
|
| Halifax | QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites) |
351 days
|
80 days
|
| Truro | Colchester East Hants Health Centre |
181 days
|
273 days
|
| Windsor | Hants Community Hospital |
463 days
|
89 days
|
| Glace Bay | Glace Bay Healthcare Facility | --- |
159 days
|
90th
| Community | Facility | Consult Wait Time | Surgery Wait Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater | South Shore Regional Hospital |
141 days
|
104 days
|
| Amherst | Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre |
137 days
|
111 days
|
| New Glasgow | Aberdeen Hospital |
191 days
|
199 days
|
| Yarmouth | Yarmouth Regional Hospital |
332 days
|
129 days
|
| Inverness | Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital |
314 days
|
289 days
|
| Antigonish | St. Martha's Regional Hospital |
200 days
|
454 days
|
| Halifax | QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites) |
515 days
|
184 days
|
| Truro | Colchester East Hants Health Centre |
400 days
|
372 days
|
| Windsor | Hants Community Hospital |
650 days
|
172 days
|
| Dartmouth | Dartmouth General Hospital |
585 days
|
321 days
|
| Kentville | Valley Regional Hospital |
533 days
|
445 days
|
| Sydney | Cape Breton Regional Hospital |
449 days
|
695 days
|
| Glace Bay | Glace Bay Healthcare Facility | --- |
214 days
|
Wait Times by Surgeon
50th
| Surgeon | Community | Consult Wait Time | Surgery Wait Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Sytnik | Bridgewater |
25 days
|
27 days
|
| Rhys Kavanagh | Dartmouth |
85 days
|
37 days
|
| Farisa Hossain | Antigonish |
15 days
|
121 days
|
| Chakshu Sahi | New Glasgow |
50 days
|
102 days
|
| Edward Joy | Bridgewater |
112 days
|
96 days
|
| Blair MacDonald | Yarmouth |
162 days
|
87 days
|
| Eileen Roach | Sydney |
70 days
|
211 days
|
| Paul Yaffe | Kentville |
174 days
|
124 days
|
| Lukas Wasserman | Antigonish |
97 days
|
226 days
|
| Ryan Patrick Kelly | Kentville |
230 days
|
99 days
|
| Richard Spence | Halifax |
182 days
|
211 days
|
| Samuel Minor | Halifax |
351 days
|
79 days
|
| Jonathan Boyde Enright | Dartmouth |
370 days
|
80 days
|
| Ahmed Jad | Truro |
181 days
|
273 days
|
| C Marius Hoogerboord | Halifax |
443 days
|
95 days
|
| Riley Stewart | Dartmouth |
551 days
|
174 days
|
| Andrea Marie Faryniuk | Amherst |
93 days
|
--- |
| Clay K Butler | Sydney | --- | --- |
| Colleen M O'Sullivan | New Glasgow | --- | --- |
| F Donald Clark | Kentville | --- |
74 days
|
| Nabil Nader | Amherst | --- | --- |
| Scott Livingstone | Halifax | --- | --- |
| Victoria Smith | Bridgewater |
109 days
|
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90th
| Surgeon | Community | Consult Wait Time | Surgery Wait Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Sytnik | Bridgewater |
45 days
|
34 days
|
| Edward Joy | Bridgewater |
130 days
|
115 days
|
| Farisa Hossain | Antigonish |
50 days
|
219 days
|
| Rhys Kavanagh | Dartmouth |
246 days
|
55 days
|
| Chakshu Sahi | New Glasgow |
130 days
|
172 days
|
| Blair MacDonald | Yarmouth |
332 days
|
129 days
|
| Samuel Minor | Halifax |
391 days
|
196 days
|
| Paul Yaffe | Kentville |
399 days
|
198 days
|
| Lukas Wasserman | Antigonish |
244 days
|
454 days
|
| Ahmed Jad | Truro |
400 days
|
372 days
|
| C Marius Hoogerboord | Halifax |
604 days
|
184 days
|
| Eileen Roach | Sydney |
449 days
|
373 days
|
| Richard Spence | Halifax |
454 days
|
390 days
|
| Jonathan Boyde Enright | Dartmouth |
585 days
|
332 days
|
| Riley Stewart | Dartmouth |
886 days
|
325 days
|
| Ryan Patrick Kelly | Kentville |
854 days
|
990 days
|
| Andrea Marie Faryniuk | Amherst |
136 days
|
--- |
| Clay K Butler | Sydney | --- | --- |
| Colleen M O'Sullivan | New Glasgow | --- | --- |
| F Donald Clark | Kentville | --- |
83 days
|
| Nabil Nader | Amherst | --- | --- |
| Scott Livingstone | Halifax | --- | --- |
| Victoria Smith | Bridgewater |
169 days
|
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Wait Times Trends
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