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Prostate Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Surgery to repair or remove the prostate, due to cancer.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
100 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
159 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
61 days
93 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
83 days
154 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
66 days
179 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
153 days
104 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
245 days
230 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
---
28 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
---
58 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
---
---

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
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
21 days
40 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
24 days
41 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
35 days
55 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
47 days
76 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
32 days
97 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
---
19 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
---
28 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
---
---

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: 
June 1 2019 - May 31 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
July 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
71 days
69 days
Jonathan Duplisea
Dartmouth
57 days
85 days
David G Bell
Halifax
67 days
98 days
Ross Mason
Halifax
79 days
130 days
M Dale Miller
Sydney
153 days
84 days
Ricardo Rendon
Halifax
58 days
190 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
66 days
183 days
Greg G Bailly
Halifax
94 days
208 days
Jeffrey George Himmelman
Kentville
193 days
192 days
Thomas Skinner
Halifax
154 days
238 days
Kenneth Rent
Kentville
245 days
188 days
Andrea Lantz
Halifax
---
174 days
Hammad Asim
Sydney
---
86 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
---
167 days
John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
---
705 days
Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
---
55 days
Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
---
28 days
Trevor Butler
Kentville
---
210 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%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
M Dale Miller
Sydney
21 days
37 days
Jonathan Duplisea
Dartmouth
22 days
40 days
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
33 days
37 days
David G Bell
Halifax
33 days
55 days
Thomas Skinner
Halifax
30 days
62 days
Ricardo Rendon
Halifax
42 days
51 days
Greg G Bailly
Halifax
51 days
47 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
24 days
97 days
Jeffrey George Himmelman
Kentville
50 days
74 days
Kenneth Rent
Kentville
38 days
90 days
Ross Mason
Halifax
41 days
100 days
Andrea Lantz
Halifax
---
107 days
Hammad Asim
Sydney
---
29 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
---
117 days
John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
---
141 days
Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
---
44 days
Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
---
18 days
Trevor Butler
Kentville
---
64 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: 
June 1 2019 - May 31 2020
Next Update: 
July 2020
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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