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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 Timesort descending
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
122 days
39 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
258 days
78 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
63 days
100 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
120 days
126 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
88 days
141 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
281 days
212 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
220 days
223 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
29 days
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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 Timesort descending
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
26 days
23 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
38 days
39 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
42 days
44 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
125 days
52 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
204 days
55 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
34 days
67 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
106 days
124 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
23 days
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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: 
February 1 2018 - January 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
March 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
243 days
71 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
104 days
141 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
109 days
156 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
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223 days
Jessica Louise Mills
Halifax
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Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
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Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
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Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
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Philip Michael Smith
Truro
81 days
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Katerina Neumann
Halifax
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
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Kieron McGibney
Truro
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David MacFarlane
Kentville
76 days
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
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Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
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James C Ellsmere
Halifax
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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 Timesort descending
John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
201 days
48 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
34 days
72 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
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126 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
98 days
127 days
Jessica Louise Mills
Halifax
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Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
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Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
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Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
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Philip Michael Smith
Truro
38 days
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Katerina Neumann
Halifax
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
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Kieron McGibney
Truro
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David MacFarlane
Kentville
33 days
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
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Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
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James C Ellsmere
Halifax
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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: 
February 1 2018 - January 31 2019
Next Update: 
March 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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