Hernia Repair - Umbilical | Nova Scotia Wait Time Information

Service/Procedure Summary

Repair of a hernia in the abdomen. More common in small children. 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? 103days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 78days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	51 days	45 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	63 days	57 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	75 days	73 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	114 days	40 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	96 days	68 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	105 days	77 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	55 days	144 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	98 days	101 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	159 days	55 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	184 days	49 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	162 days	89 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	34 days	223 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	220 days	111 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	267 days	78 days

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	129 days	86 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	142 days	102 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	136 days	122 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	113 days	341 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	307 days	148 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	194 days	282 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	204 days	276 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	357 days	133 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	408 days	151 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	484 days	190 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	594 days	206 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	412 days	545 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	765 days	248 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	816 days	225 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	31 days	29 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	20 days	46 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	25 days	46 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	29 days	42 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	58 days	41 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	20 days	83 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	50 days	56 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	61 days	51 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	90 days	37 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	109 days	26 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	83 days	56 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	72 days	68 days
John Booth	Truro	69 days	75 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	45 days	111 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	132 days	51 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	84 days	99 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	92 days	97 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	57 days	148 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	187 days	50 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	144 days	102 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	171 days	78 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	133 days	125 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	175 days	88 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	19 days	264 days
Karen Milford	Halifax	134 days	164 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	261 days	63 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	273 days	60 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	392 days	42 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	355 days	207 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	409 days	180 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	436 days	186 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	1485 days	44 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	---	73 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	308 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	---
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	63 days	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	66 days	---
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	26 days	---
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	---	---
Heather Poushay	Sydney	262 days	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	67 days	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	104 days	---
Lior Flor	Sydney	---	---
Richard Spence	Halifax	450 days	---
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	47 days	59 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	47 days	78 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	86 days	71 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	59 days	153 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	134 days	84 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	142 days	92 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	131 days	111 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	185 days	90 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	134 days	147 days
John Booth	Truro	110 days	206 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	260 days	78 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	37 days	314 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	136 days	222 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	266 days	125 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	115 days	279 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	248 days	148 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	358 days	114 days
Karen Milford	Halifax	194 days	282 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	221 days	276 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	405 days	133 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	392 days	151 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	414 days	137 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	421 days	190 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	320 days	341 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	615 days	90 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	495 days	279 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	453 days	348 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	934 days	74 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	1012 days	157 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	1158 days	211 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	1513 days	78 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	1744 days	189 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	---	119 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	376 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	---
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	103 days	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	128 days	---
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	41 days	---
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	---	---
Heather Poushay	Sydney	1142 days	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	227 days	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	113 days	---
Lior Flor	Sydney	---	---
Richard Spence	Halifax	542 days	---
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	---	---

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
2024 Jan-Mar	64	390	99	310
2024 Apr-Jun	73	462	76	321
2024 Jul-Sep	96	453	96	301
2024 Oct-Dec	87	543	105	339
2025 Jan-Mar	104	484	104	289
2025 Apr-Jun	103	487	73	195
2025 Jul-Sep	77	512	85	291
2025 Oct-Dec	82	436	74	233
2026 Jan-Mar	103	344	78	272

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 - Umbilical

Service/Procedure Summary

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Hernia Repair - Umbilical

Service/Procedure Summary

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