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
90% of people served within ?
364 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
337 days
Instructions - Instructional text.

Wait Times

90%

Communitysort ascending Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
57 days
135 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
320 days
137 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
171 days
218 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
493 days
616 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
519 days
359 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
438 days
407 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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186 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
125 days
310 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
471 days
437 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
---
106 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
399 days
428 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
209 days
185 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
50 days
300 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
147 days
120 days

50%

Communitysort ascending Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
20 days
37 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
122 days
41 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
40 days
113 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
171 days
153 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
165 days
116 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
70 days
128 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
---
78 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
77 days
113 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
87 days
83 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
---
58 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
182 days
132 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
48 days
59 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
14 days
170 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
40 days
66 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Communitysort ascending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
57 days
203 days
Yarmouth
50 days
135 days
Yarmouth
29 days
118 days
Yarmouth
---
63 days
Windsor
144 days
47 days
Truro
171 days
404 days
Truro
213 days
218 days
Truro
---
190 days
Truro
---
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Truro
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Truro
29 days
109 days
Sydney
---
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Sydney
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378 days
Sydney
229 days
186 days
Sydney
---
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Sydney
---
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New Glasgow
---
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New Glasgow
455 days
385 days
New Glasgow
519 days
359 days
Kentville
108 days
103 days
Kentville
80 days
277 days
Kentville
---
487 days
Kentville
98 days
69 days
Kentville
700 days
255 days
Halifax
26 days
---
Halifax
552 days
159 days
Halifax
---
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Halifax
---
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Halifax
97 days
156 days
Halifax
83 days
---
Halifax
110 days
77 days
Halifax
588 days
563 days
Halifax
---
310 days
Halifax
---
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Halifax
---
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Halifax
---
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Halifax
125 days
121 days
Dartmouth
404 days
163 days
Dartmouth
202 days
328 days
Dartmouth
320 days
109 days
Dartmouth
292 days
561 days
Dartmouth
---
130 days
Bridgewater
96 days
114 days
Bridgewater
---
111 days
Bridgewater
302 days
147 days
Bridgewater
---
197 days
Bridgewater
69 days
185 days
Antigonish
22 days
289 days
Antigonish
---
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Antigonish
47 days
382 days
Amherst
---
78 days
Amherst
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50%

Surgeon Communitysort ascending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
33 days
56 days
Yarmouth
20 days
33 days
Yarmouth
14 days
36 days
Yarmouth
---
46 days
Windsor
112 days
30 days
Truro
151 days
125 days
Truro
69 days
168 days
Truro
---
187 days
Truro
---
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Truro
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Truro
22 days
50 days
Sydney
---
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Sydney
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153 days
Sydney
142 days
39 days
Sydney
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Sydney
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New Glasgow
---
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New Glasgow
110 days
141 days
New Glasgow
301 days
151 days
Kentville
59 days
40 days
Kentville
44 days
134 days
Kentville
---
330 days
Kentville
63 days
59 days
Kentville
209 days
136 days
Halifax
15 days
---
Halifax
450 days
117 days
Halifax
---
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Halifax
---
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Halifax
33 days
20 days
Halifax
61 days
---
Halifax
52 days
60 days
Halifax
461 days
112 days
Halifax
---
107 days
Halifax
---
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Halifax
---
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Halifax
---
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Halifax
83 days
96 days
Dartmouth
265 days
59 days
Dartmouth
137 days
130 days
Dartmouth
153 days
35 days
Dartmouth
264 days
242 days
Dartmouth
---
62 days
Bridgewater
47 days
46 days
Bridgewater
---
41 days
Bridgewater
60 days
55 days
Bridgewater
---
43 days
Bridgewater
35 days
100 days
Antigonish
12 days
141 days
Antigonish
---
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Antigonish
15 days
272 days
Amherst
---
65 days
Amherst
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