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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 ?
109 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
154 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
52 days
96 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
93 days
154 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
151 days
106 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
91 days
188 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
170 days
197 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
---
35 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
---
58 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
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
25 days
40 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
26 days
41 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
33 days
51 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
50 days
71 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
28 days
97 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
---
24 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
---
26 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: 
February 1 2019 - January 31 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
March 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Jonathan Duplisea
Dartmouth
52 days
75 days
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
63 days
69 days
David G Bell
Halifax
72 days
83 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
56 days
172 days
Ricardo Rendon
Halifax
42 days
190 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
63 days
179 days
Greg G Bailly
Halifax
98 days
154 days
M Dale Miller
Sydney
151 days
104 days
Ross Mason
Halifax
141 days
130 days
Jeffrey George Himmelman
Kentville
170 days
157 days
Thomas Skinner
Halifax
167 days
238 days
Kenneth Rent
Kentville
245 days
175 days
Andrea Lantz
Halifax
96 days
---
Ashley Cox
Halifax
---
---
Dave Padmore
Truro
---
237 days
Hammad Asim
Sydney
---
77 days
John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
---
456 days
Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
---
48 days
Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
---
35 days
Trevor Butler
Kentville
---
163 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
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
39 days
21 days
Jonathan Duplisea
Dartmouth
24 days
40 days
M Dale Miller
Sydney
30 days
38 days
David G Bell
Halifax
32 days
49 days
Ross Mason
Halifax
36 days
50 days
Greg G Bailly
Halifax
49 days
47 days
Kenneth Rent
Kentville
44 days
55 days
Ricardo Rendon
Halifax
23 days
85 days
Jeffrey George Himmelman
Kentville
47 days
69 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
28 days
88 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
21 days
119 days
Thomas Skinner
Halifax
38 days
114 days
Andrea Lantz
Halifax
38 days
---
Ashley Cox
Halifax
---
---
Dave Padmore
Truro
---
62 days
Hammad Asim
Sydney
---
26 days
John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
---
142 days
Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
---
31 days
Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
---
23 days
Trevor Butler
Kentville
---
66 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: 
February 1 2019 - January 31 2020
Next Update: 
March 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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