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? 87days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 97days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	51 days	44 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	60 days	57 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	62 days	56 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	77 days	74 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	85 days	70 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	159 days	48 days
Antigonish	Antigonish Memorial Regional Hospital	65 days	157 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	34 days	195 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	107 days	128 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	122 days	124 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	231 days	38 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	175 days	96 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	261 days	129 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	77 days

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	175 days	106 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	259 days	141 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	113 days	314 days
Antigonish	Antigonish Memorial Regional Hospital	204 days	272 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	285 days	222 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	409 days	114 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	160 days	392 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	408 days	225 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	413 days	244 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	576 days	176 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	615 days	174 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	385 days	416 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	748 days	288 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	86 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Mooyad Ahmed	New Glasgow	7 days	51 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	33 days	45 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	47 days	40 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	51 days	41 days
Lior Flor	Sydney	60 days	34 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	57 days	43 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	48 days	70 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	55 days	68 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	62 days	63 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	95 days	42 days
John Booth	Truro	78 days	68 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	104 days	43 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	88 days	64 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	99 days	61 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	25 days	137 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	11 days	161 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	28 days	152 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	142 days	52 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	56 days	151 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	102 days	108 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	58 days	176 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	124 days	117 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	187 days	75 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	195 days	71 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	142 days	135 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	20 days	258 days
Karen Milford	Halifax	131 days	162 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	251 days	48 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	128 days	179 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	264 days	56 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	107 days	226 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	248 days	197 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	413 days	47 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	287 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	65 days	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	---
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	355 days	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	125 days	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	115 days	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	98 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	259 days	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	83 days	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Mooyad Ahmed	New Glasgow	57 days	57 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	77 days	131 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	156 days	58 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	86 days	141 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	134 days	107 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	65 days	180 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	109 days	137 days
John Booth	Truro	119 days	141 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	133 days	128 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	20 days	250 days
Lior Flor	Sydney	232 days	55 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	185 days	124 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	41 days	272 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	47 days	314 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	188 days	188 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	133 days	253 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	283 days	105 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	106 days	307 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	285 days	131 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	323 days	111 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	240 days	201 days
Karen Milford	Halifax	150 days	315 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	358 days	114 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	238 days	237 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	408 days	194 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	421 days	225 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	421 days	301 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	615 days	116 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	436 days	329 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	640 days	148 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	813 days	341 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	1142 days	183 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	1744 days	218 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	325 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	139 days	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	---
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	436 days	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	156 days	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	1293 days	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	130 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	344 days	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	255 days	---

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
2024 Jul-Sep	97	453	96	301
2024 Oct-Dec	87	520	105	339
2025 Jan-Mar	105	484	104	289
2025 Apr-Jun	97	485	73	195
2025 Jul-Sep	80	511	85	291
2025 Oct-Dec	82	428	74	233
2026 Jan-Mar	101	345	78	272
2026 Apr-Jun	100	421	93	282
2026 Jul-Sep	87	287	97	236

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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Wait Times Trends

Hernia Repair - Umbilical

Service/Procedure Summary

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90th

Wait Times by Surgeon

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Wait Times Trends

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