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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 ?
188 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
245 days
Instructions - Instructional text.

Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
85 days
150 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
237 days
268 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
---
167 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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---
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
---
---
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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---
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
---
415 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)
41 days
113 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
50 days
108 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
---
---
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
---
---
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
---
127 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
---
---
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
---
---
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
---
---
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
---
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: 
April 1 - June 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
August 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeonsort descending Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Ashley Cox
Halifax
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187 days
Bruce Palmer
Kentville
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225 days
Dave Padmore
Truro
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---
David G Bell
Halifax
123 days
181 days
Greg G Bailly
Halifax
149 days
---
Hammad Asim
Sydney
---
93 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
97 days
117 days
Jeffrey George Himmelman
Halifax
127 days
---
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
340 days
48 days
John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
---
---
Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
---
---
Kenneth Rent
Sydney
255 days
59 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
---
---
M Dale Miller
Sydney
153 days
415 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
---
---
Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
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---
Peter A Anderson
Halifax
76 days
292 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
97 days
291 days
Ross Mason
Halifax
238 days
282 days
Trevor Butler
Kentville
---
229 days
Wallace T'ien
Dartmouth
215 days
433 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
---
151 days
Bruce Palmer
Kentville
---
142 days
Dave Padmore
Truro
---
---
David G Bell
Halifax
50 days
121 days
Greg G Bailly
Halifax
113 days
---
Hammad Asim
Sydney
---
29 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
46 days
59 days
Jeffrey George Himmelman
Halifax
41 days
---
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
280 days
36 days
John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
---
---
Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
---
---
Kenneth Rent
Sydney
75 days
37 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
---
---
M Dale Miller
Sydney
27 days
49 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
---
---
Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
---
---
Peter A Anderson
Halifax
31 days
114 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
63 days
173 days
Ross Mason
Halifax
95 days
64 days
Trevor Butler
Kentville
---
125 days
Wallace T'ien
Dartmouth
118 days
148 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
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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