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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 ?
38 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
63 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
30 days
63 days
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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44 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester 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
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
19 days
48 days
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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29 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester 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: 
May 1 - July 31 2017
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2017

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Farrell Nette
Kentville
34 days
43 days
James R Bentley
Halifax
29 days
69 days
Katharina E Kieser
Halifax
35 days
69 days
Adedayo MD Taiwo
Antigonish
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Anna Coolen
Kentville
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Barbara M Parish
Halifax
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68 days
Cheryl Pugh
Bridgewater
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David Rittenberg
Halifax
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Dawn C Edgar
Antigonish
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50 days
Donna Gilmour
Halifax
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Gregory Tynski
Kentville
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97 days
Michael W Rudd
Kentville
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Nancy Ann Van eyk
Halifax
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Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
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37 days
Philip Pink
Truro
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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
Katharina E Kieser
Halifax
15 days
36 days
Farrell Nette
Kentville
25 days
30 days
James R Bentley
Halifax
18 days
48 days
Adedayo MD Taiwo
Antigonish
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Anna Coolen
Kentville
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Barbara M Parish
Halifax
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47 days
Cheryl Pugh
Bridgewater
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David Rittenberg
Halifax
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Dawn C Edgar
Antigonish
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37 days
Donna Gilmour
Halifax
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Gregory Tynski
Kentville
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58 days
Michael W Rudd
Kentville
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Nancy Ann Van eyk
Halifax
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Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
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32 days
Philip Pink
Truro
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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: 
August 1 2016 - July 31 2017
Next Update: 
September 2017
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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