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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 ?
142 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
35 days
71 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
48 days
120 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
186 days
382 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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118 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
17 days
35 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
21 days
41 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
36 days
39 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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41 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: 
July 1 2018 - June 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
August 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Matthew Hall Rigby
Halifax
22 days
36 days
S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
43 days
60 days
Magdalena Kujath
Kentville
36 days
72 days
Rashmikant G Chokshi
Sydney
43 days
88 days
Blair Williams
Sydney
34 days
146 days
Timothy Brown
Halifax
212 days
568 days
Benjamin A Taylor
Kentville
24 days
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Ian M Dempsey
Dartmouth
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Jonathan R Trites
Halifax
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38 days
Joseph Gerard MacDonald
Amherst
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Martin Corsten
Halifax
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P Gerard Corsten
Halifax
---
116 days
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
12 days
17 days
Blair Williams
Sydney
8 days
23 days
S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
13 days
30 days
Rashmikant G Chokshi
Sydney
20 days
37 days
Magdalena Kujath
Kentville
23 days
40 days
Timothy Brown
Halifax
71 days
230 days
Benjamin A Taylor
Kentville
20 days
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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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Martin Corsten
Halifax
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P Gerard Corsten
Halifax
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28 days
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: 
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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