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Mammography (Screening)

Service/Procedure Summary

A screening mammogram is an x-ray of an asymptomatic woman's breasts to help in early detection of breast cancer.

Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
78 days
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Wait Times

90%

Communitysort ascending Facility Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
106 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
55 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
35 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
36 days
Lower Sackville
Cobequid Community Health Centre
54 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
58 days
Halifax
Halifax Clinic - Halifax Shopping Centre
87 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
44 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
37 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
27 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
9 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%

Communitysort ascending Facility Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
8 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
36 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
5 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
15 days
Lower Sackville
Cobequid Community Health Centre
28 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
31 days
Halifax
Halifax Clinic - Halifax Shopping Centre
28 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
29 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
15 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
14 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
6 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: 
Nova Scotia Breast Screening Program
Data Period: 
October 1 - December 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
May 2020
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