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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 ?
243 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
181 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
41 days
50 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
29 days
105 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
88 days
151 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
120 days
126 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
258 days
71 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
138 days
195 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
383 days
237 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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100 days
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
23 days
37 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
43 days
44 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
23 days
72 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
29 days
80 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
94 days
115 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
157 days
97 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
207 days
63 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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50 days
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: 
November 1 2017 - October 31 2018
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
December 2018

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Roderick McKenney
Truro
104 days
141 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
124 days
148 days
John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
243 days
71 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
220 days
195 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Carman Anthony Giacomantonio
Halifax
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
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Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
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David MacFarlane
Kentville
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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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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Nabil Nader
Amherst
29 days
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Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
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Philip Michael Smith
Truro
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130 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
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Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
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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%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Roderick McKenney
Truro
38 days
80 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
94 days
123 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
128 days
118 days
John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
204 days
48 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Carman Anthony Giacomantonio
Halifax
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
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Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
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David MacFarlane
Kentville
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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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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Nabil Nader
Amherst
28 days
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Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
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Philip Michael Smith
Truro
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111 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
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Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
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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: 
November 1 2017 - October 31 2018
Next Update: 
December 2018
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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