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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 ?
49 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
77 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
26 days
78 days
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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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General 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 Timesort descending
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
9 days
63 days
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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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General 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: 
February 1 - April 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
June 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Dawn C Edgar
Antigonish
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69 days
James R Bentley
Halifax
29 days
71 days
Katharina E Kieser
Halifax
31 days
78 days
Stephanie Scott
Halifax
30 days
80 days
Karla Astrid Willows
Halifax
19 days
84 days
Lana Saciragic
Halifax
32 days
85 days
Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
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97 days
Michael W Rudd
Kentville
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Scott D Mawdsley
Dartmouth
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Angus Murray
Truro
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Natheniel Abutu
Yarmouth
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Helen Sandland
Amherst
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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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Donna Gilmour
Halifax
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Gregory Tynski
Kentville
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Philip Pink
Truro
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Melissa Brooks
Halifax
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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 Timesort descending
Dawn C Edgar
Antigonish
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37 days
James R Bentley
Halifax
16 days
42 days
Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
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51 days
Katharina E Kieser
Halifax
17 days
56 days
Stephanie Scott
Halifax
18 days
64 days
Lana Saciragic
Halifax
18 days
64 days
Karla Astrid Willows
Halifax
14 days
73 days
Michael W Rudd
Kentville
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Scott D Mawdsley
Dartmouth
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Angus Murray
Truro
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Natheniel Abutu
Yarmouth
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Helen Sandland
Amherst
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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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Donna Gilmour
Halifax
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Gregory Tynski
Kentville
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Philip Pink
Truro
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Melissa Brooks
Halifax
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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 2018 - April 30 2019
Next Update: 
June 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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