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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 ?
168 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
309 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
105 days
176 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
67 days
233 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
151 days
157 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
171 days
225 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
220 days
579 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
273 days
610 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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---
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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83 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
27 days
44 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
21 days
50 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
27 days
49 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
26 days
87 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
39 days
91 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
53 days
98 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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---
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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20 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: 
March 1 2020 - February 28 2021
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
April 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Ricardo Rendon
Halifax
58 days
97 days
Hammad Asim
Sydney
101 days
125 days
Jonathan Duplisea
Dartmouth
114 days
163 days
David G Bell
Halifax
137 days
144 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
171 days
115 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
63 days
225 days
M Dale Miller
Sydney
67 days
223 days
Ross Mason
Halifax
60 days
283 days
Greg G Bailly
Halifax
183 days
204 days
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
292 days
156 days
Jeffrey George Himmelman
Kentville
220 days
334 days
Kenneth Rent
Kentville
144 days
484 days
Andrea Lantz
Halifax
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John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
---
910 days
Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
---
140 days
Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
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---
Thomas Skinner
Halifax
---
349 days
Trevor Butler
Kentville
---
632 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
M Dale Miller
Sydney
12 days
42 days
Ricardo Rendon
Halifax
36 days
26 days
Jonathan Duplisea
Dartmouth
27 days
39 days
Hammad Asim
Sydney
45 days
28 days
David G Bell
Halifax
22 days
53 days
Greg G Bailly
Halifax
21 days
70 days
Ross Mason
Halifax
39 days
52 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
29 days
76 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
30 days
99 days
Kenneth Rent
Kentville
42 days
99 days
Jeffrey George Himmelman
Kentville
53 days
103 days
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
99 days
70 days
Andrea Lantz
Halifax
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John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
---
227 days
Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
---
41 days
Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
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---
Thomas Skinner
Halifax
---
138 days
Trevor Butler
Kentville
---
61 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: 
March 1 2020 - February 28 2021
Next Update: 
April 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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