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Hernia Repair - Ventral

Service/Procedure Summary

Repair of a hernia in the abdomen usually in the middle of the abdominal wall. 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 ?
237 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
185 days
Instructions - Instructional text.

Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
29 days
105 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
122 days
39 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
63 days
100 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
88 days
141 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
120 days
135 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
258 days
141 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
220 days
223 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
281 days
314 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
29 days
23 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
19 days
72 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
48 days
44 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
38 days
58 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
38 days
66 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
125 days
52 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
100 days
123 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
204 days
63 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
March 1 2018 - February 28 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
April 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
David MacFarlane
Kentville
76 days
135 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
104 days
141 days
John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
243 days
141 days
Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
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Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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James C Ellsmere
Halifax
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Jessica Louise Mills
Halifax
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Katerina Neumann
Halifax
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Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
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Kieron McGibney
Truro
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
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Philip Michael Smith
Truro
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
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Samuel Minor
Halifax
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223 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
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Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
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Trevor J Topp
Halifax
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156 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
David MacFarlane
Kentville
33 days
42 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
36 days
72 days
John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
201 days
55 days
Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
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Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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James C Ellsmere
Halifax
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Jessica Louise Mills
Halifax
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Katerina Neumann
Halifax
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Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
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Kieron McGibney
Truro
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
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Philip Michael Smith
Truro
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
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Samuel Minor
Halifax
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126 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
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Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
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Trevor J Topp
Halifax
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127 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
March 1 2018 - February 28 2019
Next Update: 
April 2019
Disclaimer: Hospitals 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. Current wait times experienced by some patients may be different.

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