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

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
28 days
73 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Antigonish
St. Martha's 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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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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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 Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
14 days
49 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Antigonish
St. Martha's 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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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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11 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: 
April 1 - June 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
August 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Karla Astrid Willows
Halifax
27 days
76 days
James R Bentley
Halifax
29 days
74 days
Stephanie Scott
Halifax
30 days
78 days
Katharina E Kieser
Halifax
33 days
77 days
Lana Saciragic
Halifax
38 days
84 days
Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
67 days
52 days
Scott D Mawdsley
Dartmouth
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Philip Pink
Truro
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Anca Matei
Kentville
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Michael W Rudd
Kentville
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Natheniel Abutu
Yarmouth
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Angus Murray
Truro
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Leslie Houck
Yarmouth
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Barbara M Parish
Halifax
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Robyn M MacQuarrie
Bridgewater
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Marianne Pierce
Halifax
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Elissa Cohen
Antigonish
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Dawn C Edgar
Antigonish
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69 days
Gregory Tynski
Kentville
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Changulanda Joshi
New Glasgow
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Donna Gilmour
Halifax
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Melissa Brooks
Halifax
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Sarah Hudgins
North Sydney
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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 Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Karla Astrid Willows
Halifax
13 days
53 days
James R Bentley
Halifax
14 days
52 days
Katharina E Kieser
Halifax
18 days
56 days
Stephanie Scott
Halifax
19 days
53 days
Lana Saciragic
Halifax
19 days
49 days
Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
40 days
40 days
Scott D Mawdsley
Dartmouth
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Philip Pink
Truro
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Anca Matei
Kentville
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Michael W Rudd
Kentville
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Natheniel Abutu
Yarmouth
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Angus Murray
Truro
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Leslie Houck
Yarmouth
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Barbara M Parish
Halifax
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Robyn M MacQuarrie
Bridgewater
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Marianne Pierce
Halifax
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Elissa Cohen
Antigonish
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Dawn C Edgar
Antigonish
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37 days
Gregory Tynski
Kentville
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Changulanda Joshi
New Glasgow
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Donna Gilmour
Halifax
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Melissa Brooks
Halifax
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Sarah Hudgins
North Sydney
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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: 
July 1 2018 - June 30 2019
Next Update: 
August 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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