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? 80days

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

Wait times

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	122 days	35 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	21 days	49 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	49 days	55 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	58 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	62 days	68 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	78 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	170 days	87 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	65 days	90 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	170 days	92 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	35 days	101 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	86 days	118 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	190 days	127 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	227 days	190 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	13 days	246 days

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	126 days	98 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	106 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	61 days	135 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	446 days	136 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	124 days	185 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	186 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	188 days	240 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	482 days	252 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	152 days	295 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	486 days	302 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	115 days	391 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	399 days	398 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	428 days	406 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	493 days	492 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	---
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	273 days	---
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	---
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	37 days	---
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	53 days	---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	---	---
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	34 days	21 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	23 days	27 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	112 days	30 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	148 days	39 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	87 days	39 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	48 days	39 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	114 days	40 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	19 days	42 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	13 days	44 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	15 days	45 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	153 days	49 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	34 days	50 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	54 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	95 days	54 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	36 days	56 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	434 days	58 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	47 days	62 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	33 days	63 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	52 days	66 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	16 days	71 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	110 days	76 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	57 days	83 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	299 days	87 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	138 days	93 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	359 days	94 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	78 days	105 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	173 days	130 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	407 days	137 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	161 days	140 days
Rodrigo Luiz Romao	Halifax	---	163 days
John Booth	Truro	34 days	180 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	12 days	198 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	250 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	269 days	251 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	12 days	279 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	244 days	320 days

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	---	---
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	342 days	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	---
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	73 days	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	104 days	---
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	---
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	39 days	55 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	118 days	67 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	41 days	73 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	69 days	78 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	29 days	89 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	135 days	92 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	102 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	193 days	109 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	24 days	112 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	181 days	113 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	100 days	114 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	110 days	123 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	48 days	154 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	97 days	156 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	309 days	164 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	98 days	177 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	111 days	185 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	433 days	185 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	65 days	193 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	85 days	197 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	57 days	203 days
Rodrigo Luiz Romao	Halifax	---	216 days
John Booth	Truro	213 days	232 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	202 days	240 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	520 days	271 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	686 days	297 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	519 days	302 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	463 days	330 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	47 days	391 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	422 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	19 days	429 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	856 days	478 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	202 days	489 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	356 days	492 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	391 days	499 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	292 days	758 days

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50%	Consult - 90%	Surgery - 50%	Surgery - 90%
2021 Apr-Jun	53	186	46	254
2021 Jul-Sep	61	260	78	365
2021 Oct-Dec	56	264	54	279
2022 Jan-Mar	64	319	85	206
2022 Apr-Jun	68	258	100	330
2022 Jul-Sep	49	300	93	359
2022 Oct-Dec	84	457	98	286
2023 Jan-Mar	86	392	77	349
2023 Apr-Jun	66	320	92	331

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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