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Hysterectomy (Cancer Suspected or Proven)

Service/Procedure Summary

A hysterectomy is surgery to remove a woman's uterus. The wait time shown is for patients who were suspected of having cancer or who were proven to have cancer.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
41 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
84 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
37 days
85 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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34 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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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
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
20 days
70 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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24 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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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: 
September 1 - November 30 2018
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
January 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
James R Bentley
Halifax
31 days
67 days
Philip Pink
Truro
48 days
55 days
Katharina E Kieser
Halifax
31 days
75 days
Stephanie Scott
Halifax
31 days
80 days
Lana Saciragic
Halifax
33 days
86 days
Angus Murray
Truro
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Anushuya Kasi
Sydney
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Barbara M Parish
Halifax
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Dawn C Edgar
Antigonish
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169 days
Donna Gilmour
Halifax
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Elizabeth Randle
Halifax
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Gregory Tynski
Kentville
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Helen Sandland
Amherst
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Manivasan Moodley
Sydney
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Michael W Rudd
Kentville
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200 days
Nancy Ann Van eyk
Halifax
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Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
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52 days
Robyn M MacQuarrie
Bridgewater
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Scott D Mawdsley
Dartmouth
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Stephen Maldwyn Owen
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
James R Bentley
Halifax
15 days
35 days
Katharina E Kieser
Halifax
17 days
48 days
Philip Pink
Truro
28 days
48 days
Stephanie Scott
Halifax
17 days
59 days
Lana Saciragic
Halifax
21 days
71 days
Angus Murray
Truro
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Anushuya Kasi
Sydney
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Barbara M Parish
Halifax
---
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Dawn C Edgar
Antigonish
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53 days
Donna Gilmour
Halifax
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Elizabeth Randle
Halifax
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Gregory Tynski
Kentville
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Helen Sandland
Amherst
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Manivasan Moodley
Sydney
---
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Michael W Rudd
Kentville
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53 days
Nancy Ann Van eyk
Halifax
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Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
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29 days
Robyn M MacQuarrie
Bridgewater
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Scott D Mawdsley
Dartmouth
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Stephen Maldwyn Owen
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: 
December 1 2017 - November 30 2018
Next Update: 
January 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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