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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 ?
123 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
324 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
115 days
152 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
152 days
229 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
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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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329 days
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 Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
35 days
58 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
28 days
85 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
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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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105 days
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: 
August 1 - October 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
December 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeonsort descending Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Ashley Cox
Halifax
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Dave Padmore
Truro
51 days
59 days
David G Bell
Halifax
122 days
238 days
Hammad Asim
Sydney
145 days
161 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
85 days
118 days
Jeffrey George Himmelman
Kentville
110 days
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John E Grantmyre
Halifax
336 days
40 days
John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
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Kenneth Rent
Kentville
255 days
43 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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M Dale Miller
Sydney
106 days
358 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
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Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
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30 days
Peter A Anderson
Halifax
139 days
217 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
123 days
291 days
Ross Mason
Halifax
238 days
364 days
Thomas Skinner
Halifax
90 days
---
Thomas Skinner
Halifax
90 days
---
Thomas Skinner
Halifax
90 days
---
Thomas Skinner
Halifax
90 days
---
Thomas Skinner
Halifax
90 days
---
Trevor Butler
Kentville
---
229 days
Wallace T'ien
Dartmouth
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274 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
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Dave Padmore
Truro
28 days
31 days
David G Bell
Halifax
46 days
113 days
Hammad Asim
Sydney
70 days
65 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
36 days
85 days
Jeffrey George Himmelman
Kentville
48 days
---
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
237 days
34 days
John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
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Kenneth Rent
Kentville
47 days
28 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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M Dale Miller
Sydney
64 days
73 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
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Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
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17 days
Peter A Anderson
Halifax
72 days
91 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
73 days
167 days
Ross Mason
Halifax
119 days
133 days
Thomas Skinner
Halifax
32 days
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Thomas Skinner
Halifax
32 days
---
Thomas Skinner
Halifax
32 days
---
Thomas Skinner
Halifax
32 days
---
Thomas Skinner
Halifax
32 days
---
Trevor Butler
Kentville
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139 days
Wallace T'ien
Dartmouth
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141 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 2018 - October 31 2019
Next Update: 
December 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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