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Male Circumcision (Adult)

Service/Procedure Summary

Adult patients are 16 years old or older. This procedure removes the foreskin of the penis.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
176 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
262 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
170 days
174 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
139 days
291 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
---
597 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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---
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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---
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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---
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
---
168 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
---
162 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
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
91 days
63 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
64 days
130 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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---
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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---
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
---
149 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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---
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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---
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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---
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
---
29 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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121 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: 
November 1 - January 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
March 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeonsort descending Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Ashley Cox
Halifax
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Bruce Palmer
Kentville
423 days
225 days
David G Bell
Halifax
180 days
162 days
Greg G Bailly
Halifax
149 days
---
Hammad Asim
Sydney
---
123 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
125 days
112 days
Jerzy B Gajewski
Halifax
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---
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
345 days
54 days
John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
---
448 days
Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
---
---
Kenneth Rent
Sydney
540 days
128 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
---
---
M Dale Miller
Sydney
86 days
59 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
---
---
Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
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---
Peter A Anderson
Halifax
---
203 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
78 days
269 days
Ross Mason
Halifax
170 days
72 days
Samuel S Chun
Dartmouth
---
199 days
Trevor Butler
Kentville
---
154 days
Wallace T'ien
Dartmouth
215 days
352 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%

Surgeonsort descending Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Ashley Cox
Halifax
---
---
Bruce Palmer
Kentville
151 days
123 days
David G Bell
Halifax
93 days
104 days
Greg G Bailly
Halifax
115 days
---
Hammad Asim
Sydney
---
15 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
48 days
53 days
Jerzy B Gajewski
Halifax
---
---
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
238 days
33 days
John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
---
208 days
Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
---
---
Kenneth Rent
Sydney
77 days
34 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
---
---
M Dale Miller
Sydney
70 days
40 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
---
---
Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
---
---
Peter A Anderson
Halifax
---
108 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
58 days
110 days
Ross Mason
Halifax
50 days
51 days
Samuel S Chun
Dartmouth
---
147 days
Trevor Butler
Kentville
---
90 days
Wallace T'ien
Dartmouth
118 days
133 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: 
February 1 2018 - January 31 2019
Next Update: 
March 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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