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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 ?
56 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
75 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
28 days
76 days
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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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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55 days

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)
9 days
52 days
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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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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12 days

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 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
July 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
James R Bentley
Halifax
29 days
73 days
Stephanie Scott
Halifax
30 days
78 days
Katharina E Kieser
Halifax
33 days
77 days
Karla Astrid Willows
Halifax
27 days
84 days
Lana Saciragic
Halifax
38 days
84 days
Angus Murray
Truro
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Barbara M Parish
Halifax
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Changulanda Joshi
New Glasgow
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Dawn C Edgar
Antigonish
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69 days
Donna Gilmour
Halifax
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Elissa Cohen
Antigonish
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Gregory Tynski
Kentville
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Leslie Houck
Yarmouth
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Marianne Pierce
Halifax
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Melissa Brooks
Halifax
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Michael W Rudd
Kentville
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Natheniel Abutu
Yarmouth
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Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
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52 days
Philip Pink
Truro
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Robyn M MacQuarrie
Bridgewater
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Scott D Mawdsley
Dartmouth
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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
17 days
51 days
Stephanie Scott
Halifax
18 days
53 days
Karla Astrid Willows
Halifax
13 days
61 days
Katharina E Kieser
Halifax
18 days
56 days
Lana Saciragic
Halifax
18 days
56 days
Angus Murray
Truro
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Barbara M Parish
Halifax
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Changulanda Joshi
New Glasgow
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Dawn C Edgar
Antigonish
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37 days
Donna Gilmour
Halifax
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Elissa Cohen
Antigonish
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Gregory Tynski
Kentville
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Leslie Houck
Yarmouth
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Marianne Pierce
Halifax
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Melissa Brooks
Halifax
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Michael W Rudd
Kentville
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Natheniel Abutu
Yarmouth
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Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
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40 days
Philip Pink
Truro
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Robyn M MacQuarrie
Bridgewater
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Scott D Mawdsley
Dartmouth
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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 2018 - May 31 2019
Next Update: 
July 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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