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Prostate Cancer Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Prostate Cancer Surgery is surgery for proven or suspected cancer including prostatectomy and pelvic node dissection.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
28 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
81 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
28 days
81 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Kentville
Valley 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 Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
14 days
31 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Kentville
Valley 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: 
February 1 - April 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
June 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Ross Mason
Halifax
40 days
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Ricardo Rendon
Halifax
49 days
103 days
David G Bell
Halifax
112 days
69 days
Hammad Asim
Sydney
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Trevor Butler
Kentville
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80 days
Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
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35 days
John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
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134 days
Kenneth Rent
Sydney
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Peter Massaro
Truro
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75 days
M Dale Miller
Sydney
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97 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
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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 Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Ricardo Rendon
Halifax
17 days
34 days
David G Bell
Halifax
28 days
35 days
Ross Mason
Halifax
32 days
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Hammad Asim
Sydney
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Trevor Butler
Kentville
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65 days
Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
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23 days
John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
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83 days
Kenneth Rent
Sydney
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Peter Massaro
Truro
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68 days
M Dale Miller
Sydney
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74 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
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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: 
May 1 2018 - April 30 2019
Next Update: 
June 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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