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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 ?
60 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
76 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
49 days
46 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
27 days
87 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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31 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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43 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional 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
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
10 days
49 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
41 days
35 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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24 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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28 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional 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 - May 31 2021
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
July 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Robyn M MacQuarrie
Bridgewater
20 days
36 days
Heather Stone
Dartmouth
35 days
38 days
Michael W Rudd
Kentville
51 days
40 days
Lana Saciragic
Halifax
28 days
70 days
Katharina E Kieser
Halifax
26 days
73 days
Karla Astrid Willows
Halifax
26 days
80 days
James R Bentley
Halifax
44 days
70 days
Stephanie Scott
Halifax
41 days
88 days
Angus Murray
Truro
---
53 days
Brittany Black
Truro
49 days
---
Changulanda Joshi
New Glasgow
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Dawn C Edgar
Antigonish
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Deanne Malenfant
North Sydney
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Elissa Cohen
Yarmouth
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Erin MacLellan
Sydney
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---
Farrell Nette
Kentville
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Grace Parr
Truro
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Gregory Tynski
Kentville
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Gregory Tynski
Kentville
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Heather Stone
Dartmouth
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Leanne McCarthy
Halifax
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Michael Osasere
North Sydney
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Michael Osasere
North Sydney
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Nancy Ann Van eyk
Halifax
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Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
---
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Sarah Hudgins
Sydney
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52 days
Shannon Joice
Kentville
---
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Vaughan Marshall
Antigonish
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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
Robyn M MacQuarrie
Bridgewater
9 days
18 days
Heather Stone
Dartmouth
15 days
24 days
Lana Saciragic
Halifax
13 days
40 days
James R Bentley
Halifax
13 days
42 days
Katharina E Kieser
Halifax
9 days
49 days
Michael W Rudd
Kentville
31 days
27 days
Stephanie Scott
Halifax
13 days
51 days
Karla Astrid Willows
Halifax
14 days
53 days
Angus Murray
Truro
---
41 days
Brittany Black
Truro
42 days
---
Changulanda Joshi
New Glasgow
---
---
Dawn C Edgar
Antigonish
---
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Deanne Malenfant
North Sydney
---
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Elissa Cohen
Yarmouth
---
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Erin MacLellan
Sydney
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Farrell Nette
Kentville
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---
Grace Parr
Truro
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Gregory Tynski
Kentville
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Gregory Tynski
Kentville
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Heather Stone
Dartmouth
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Leanne McCarthy
Halifax
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Michael Osasere
North Sydney
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Michael Osasere
North Sydney
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Nancy Ann Van eyk
Halifax
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Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
---
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Sarah Hudgins
Sydney
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23 days
Shannon Joice
Kentville
---
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Vaughan Marshall
Antigonish
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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: 
June 1 2020 - May 31 2021
Next Update: 
July 2021
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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