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? 84days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 82days

Wait times

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	20 days	63 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	125 days	38 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	31 days	141 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	273 days	228 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	345 days	75 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	65 days	96 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	56 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	83 days	156 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	97 days	73 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	194 days	130 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	46 days	57 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	12 days	196 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	69 days	66 days

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	79 days	154 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	471 days	137 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	140 days	344 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	731 days	498 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	486 days	228 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	365 days	527 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	182 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	181 days	404 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	510 days	252 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	433 days	398 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	124 days	167 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	126 days	391 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	126 days	98 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	71 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	13 days	66 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	70 days	---
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	---	63 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	116 days	33 days
John Booth	Truro	34 days	232 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	---	---
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	116 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	22 days	37 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	136 days	161 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	156 days	42 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	342 days	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	---
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	335 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	---
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	365 days	90 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	110 days	67 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	---	---
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	233 days	293 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	29 days	54 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	55 days	76 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	39 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	146 days	478 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	52 days	29 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	53 days	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	112 days	96 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	421 days	67 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	450 days	---
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	26 days	52 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	82 days	105 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	270 days	234 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	399 days	80 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	58 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	105 days	20 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	181 days	167 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	110 days	54 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	22 days	44 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	23 days	27 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	47 days	68 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	106 days	69 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	10 days	196 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	137 days	---
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	11 days	173 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	49 days	55 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	42 days	---

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	99 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	48 days	154 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	84 days	---
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	---	203 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	149 days	110 days
John Booth	Truro	120 days	367 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	---	---
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	173 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	29 days	109 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	202 days	344 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	356 days	492 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	731 days	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	---
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	498 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	---
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	486 days	152 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	463 days	330 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	---	---
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	391 days	509 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	58 days	220 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	98 days	177 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	96 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	856 days	578 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	97 days	156 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	104 days	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	181 days	246 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	686 days	175 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	510 days	---
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	74 days	76 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	110 days	123 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	302 days	407 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	551 days	247 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	102 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	193 days	118 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	256 days	573 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	510 days	147 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	51 days	104 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	39 days	55 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	103 days	114 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	111 days	185 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	47 days	391 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	227 days	---
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	19 days	429 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	69 days	78 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	74 days	---

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50%	Consult - 90%	Surgery - 50%	Surgery - 90%
2021 Jul-Sep	61	260	78	365
2021 Oct-Dec	57	273	54	279
2022 Jan-Mar	64	319	85	206
2022 Apr-Jun	68	258	100	330
2022 Jul-Sep	50	300	93	359
2022 Oct-Dec	83	457	98	286
2023 Jan-Mar	89	392	77	349
2023 Apr-Jun	66	320	92	331
2023 Jul-Sep	84	428	76	393

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

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Hernia Repair - Umbilical

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