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Kidney / Upper Urinary Tract

Service/Procedure Summary

Surgery on the kidney or upper parts of the urinary tract.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
131 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
156 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
67 days
64 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
101 days
123 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
144 days
262 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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127 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
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
22 days
31 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
51 days
34 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
56 days
129 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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48 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: 
August 1 2018 - July 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Peter Massaro
Truro
57 days
64 days
Ricardo Rendon
Halifax
28 days
156 days
Greg G Bailly
Halifax
185 days
137 days
Dawn MacLellan
Halifax
144 days
204 days
Rodrigo Luiz Romao
Halifax
131 days
274 days
Ashley Cox
Halifax
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Baharak Amir
Halifax
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David G Bell
Halifax
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Hammad Asim
Sydney
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190 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
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John E Grantmyre
Halifax
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157 days
John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
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Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
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55 days
Kenneth Rent
Sydney
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149 days
M Dale Miller
Sydney
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102 days
Peter A Anderson
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 Time
Peter Massaro
Truro
20 days
29 days
Ricardo Rendon
Halifax
23 days
87 days
Greg G Bailly
Halifax
75 days
54 days
Rodrigo Luiz Romao
Halifax
56 days
140 days
Dawn MacLellan
Halifax
73 days
127 days
Ashley Cox
Halifax
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Baharak Amir
Halifax
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David G Bell
Halifax
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Hammad Asim
Sydney
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48 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
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John E Grantmyre
Halifax
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63 days
John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
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Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
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21 days
Kenneth Rent
Sydney
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98 days
M Dale Miller
Sydney
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42 days
Peter A Anderson
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: 
August 1 2018 - July 31 2019
Next Update: 
September 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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