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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 ?
185 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
295 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
67 days
91 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
122 days
126 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
108 days
212 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
317 days
89 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
185 days
239 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
338 days
532 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
534 days
363 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial 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
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
31 days
27 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
34 days
45 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
28 days
54 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
69 days
34 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
44 days
85 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
35 days
105 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
68 days
76 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial 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: 
September 1 2020 - August 31 2021
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
October 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Ricardo Rendon
Halifax
63 days
54 days
Jonathan Duplisea
Dartmouth
95 days
68 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
45 days
136 days
Greg G Bailly
Halifax
105 days
109 days
David G Bell
Halifax
122 days
98 days
Ross Mason
Halifax
62 days
226 days
Hammad Asim
Sydney
111 days
181 days
M Dale Miller
Sydney
144 days
194 days
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
295 days
81 days
Dave Padmore
Truro
185 days
239 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
146 days
316 days
Jeffrey George Himmelman
Kentville
297 days
306 days
Kenneth Rent
Kentville
352 days
484 days
Andrea Lantz
Halifax
54 days
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John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
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610 days
Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
---
126 days
Kate Anderson
Kentville
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Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
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Thomas Skinner
Halifax
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Trevor Butler
Kentville
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475 days
Wallace T'ien
Dartmouth
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Wallace T'ien
Dartmouth
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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 Time Surgery Wait Time
Jonathan Duplisea
Dartmouth
31 days
23 days
Ricardo Rendon
Halifax
29 days
26 days
M Dale Miller
Sydney
22 days
37 days
Ross Mason
Halifax
23 days
50 days
David G Bell
Halifax
31 days
46 days
Greg G Bailly
Halifax
43 days
49 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
13 days
88 days
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
61 days
40 days
Hammad Asim
Sydney
62 days
49 days
Jeffrey George Himmelman
Kentville
51 days
75 days
Kenneth Rent
Kentville
43 days
95 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
49 days
156 days
Dave Padmore
Truro
125 days
84 days
Andrea Lantz
Halifax
38 days
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John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
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132 days
Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
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44 days
Kate Anderson
Kentville
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Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
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Thomas Skinner
Halifax
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Trevor Butler
Kentville
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62 days
Wallace T'ien
Dartmouth
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Wallace T'ien
Dartmouth
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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: 
September 1 2020 - August 31 2021
Next Update: 
October 2021
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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