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Laryngology and Vocal Cord Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Surgery to repair the vocal chords.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
160 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
312 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
51 days
67 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
58 days
120 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
196 days
452 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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128 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
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
14 days
35 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
17 days
38 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
48 days
41 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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51 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: 
May 1 2018 - April 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
June 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Matthew Hall Rigby
Halifax
21 days
52 days
S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
34 days
43 days
Rashmikant G Chokshi
Sydney
29 days
88 days
Magdalena Kujath
Kentville
56 days
67 days
Blair Williams
Sydney
58 days
146 days
Timothy Brown
Halifax
212 days
528 days
Benjamin A Taylor
Kentville
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Ian M Dempsey
Dartmouth
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Jonathan R Trites
Halifax
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28 days
Joseph Gerard MacDonald
Amherst
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P Gerard Corsten
Halifax
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116 days
Philip L Curry
Sydney
---
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Timothy D Wallace
Amherst
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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
Matthew Hall Rigby
Halifax
13 days
21 days
S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
13 days
29 days
Blair Williams
Sydney
15 days
33 days
Rashmikant G Chokshi
Sydney
13 days
35 days
Magdalena Kujath
Kentville
19 days
35 days
Timothy Brown
Halifax
82 days
230 days
Benjamin A Taylor
Kentville
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Ian M Dempsey
Dartmouth
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Jonathan R Trites
Halifax
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16 days
Joseph Gerard MacDonald
Amherst
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P Gerard Corsten
Halifax
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50 days
Philip L Curry
Sydney
---
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Timothy D Wallace
Amherst
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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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