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 |
60 days
|
55 days
|
| Amherst | Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre |
38 days
|
80 days
|
| Inverness | Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital |
60 days
|
79 days
|
| New Glasgow | Aberdeen Hospital |
47 days
|
101 days
|
| Yarmouth | Yarmouth Regional Hospital |
131 days
|
70 days
|
| Antigonish | St. Martha's Regional Hospital |
41 days
|
223 days
|
| Sydney | Cape Breton Regional Hospital |
55 days
|
231 days
|
| Kentville | Valley Regional Hospital |
217 days
|
99 days
|
| Dartmouth | Dartmouth General Hospital |
233 days
|
113 days
|
| Truro | Colchester East Hants Health Centre |
188 days
|
256 days
|
| Halifax | QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites) |
407 days
|
89 days
|
| Windsor | Hants Community Hospital |
463 days
|
90 days
|
| Glace Bay | Glace Bay Healthcare Facility | --- |
143 days
|
90th
| Community | Facility | Consult Wait Time | Surgery Wait Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst | Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre |
136 days
|
111 days
|
| Bridgewater | South Shore Regional Hospital |
140 days
|
115 days
|
| New Glasgow | Aberdeen Hospital |
191 days
|
199 days
|
| Yarmouth | Yarmouth Regional Hospital |
332 days
|
129 days
|
| Inverness | Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital |
231 days
|
289 days
|
| Antigonish | St. Martha's Regional Hospital |
200 days
|
454 days
|
| Truro | Colchester East Hants Health Centre |
336 days
|
376 days
|
| Halifax | QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites) |
525 days
|
301 days
|
| Windsor | Hants Community Hospital |
635 days
|
246 days
|
| Sydney | Cape Breton Regional Hospital |
219 days
|
695 days
|
| Dartmouth | Dartmouth General Hospital |
595 days
|
325 days
|
| Kentville | Valley Regional Hospital |
533 days
|
445 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 |
24 days
|
27 days
|
| Rhys Kavanagh | Dartmouth |
77 days
|
37 days
|
| Farisa Hossain | Antigonish |
15 days
|
121 days
|
| Chakshu Sahi | New Glasgow |
43 days
|
100 days
|
| F Donald Clark | Kentville |
80 days
|
74 days
|
| Edward Joy | Bridgewater |
112 days
|
100 days
|
| Blair MacDonald | Yarmouth |
146 days
|
70 days
|
| Eileen Roach | Sydney |
122 days
|
183 days
|
| Lukas Wasserman | Antigonish |
84 days
|
230 days
|
| Ryan Patrick Kelly | Kentville |
230 days
|
118 days
|
| Richard Spence | Halifax |
198 days
|
237 days
|
| Ahmed Jad | Truro |
188 days
|
256 days
|
| Jonathan Boyde Enright | Dartmouth |
370 days
|
80 days
|
| Paul Yaffe | Kentville |
351 days
|
123 days
|
| Samuel Minor | Halifax |
368 days
|
144 days
|
| C Marius Hoogerboord | Halifax |
461 days
|
96 days
|
| Andrea Marie Faryniuk | Amherst | --- | --- |
| Clay K Butler | Sydney | --- | --- |
| Colleen M O'Sullivan | New Glasgow | --- | --- |
| Nabil Nader | Amherst | --- | --- |
| Riley Stewart | Dartmouth | --- |
174 days
|
| 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
|
| F Donald Clark | Kentville |
90 days
|
83 days
|
| Edward Joy | Bridgewater |
130 days
|
115 days
|
| Chakshu Sahi | New Glasgow |
101 days
|
161 days
|
| Farisa Hossain | Antigonish |
43 days
|
219 days
|
| Rhys Kavanagh | Dartmouth |
246 days
|
55 days
|
| Blair MacDonald | Yarmouth |
332 days
|
129 days
|
| Samuel Minor | Halifax |
426 days
|
196 days
|
| Richard Spence | Halifax |
245 days
|
390 days
|
| Paul Yaffe | Kentville |
462 days
|
198 days
|
| Lukas Wasserman | Antigonish |
244 days
|
454 days
|
| Ahmed Jad | Truro |
336 days
|
376 days
|
| Eileen Roach | Sydney |
335 days
|
452 days
|
| C Marius Hoogerboord | Halifax |
608 days
|
184 days
|
| Jonathan Boyde Enright | Dartmouth |
585 days
|
332 days
|
| Ryan Patrick Kelly | Kentville |
854 days
|
990 days
|
| Andrea Marie Faryniuk | Amherst | --- | --- |
| Clay K Butler | Sydney | --- | --- |
| Colleen M O'Sullivan | New Glasgow | --- | --- |
| Nabil Nader | Amherst | --- | --- |
| Riley Stewart | Dartmouth | --- |
325 days
|
| Scott Livingstone | Halifax | --- | --- |
| Victoria Smith | Bridgewater |
140 days
|
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Wait Times Trends
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