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Thyroid or Parathyroid Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

This surgery, also called thyroidectomy, removes all or part of the thyroid gland. The thyroid gland produces hormones that regulate metabolism.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
183 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
310 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
29 days
92 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
70 days
120 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
173 days
254 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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338 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth 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 Time Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
35 days
45 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
19 days
68 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
46 days
70 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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246 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth 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: 
November 1 - January 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
March 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
50 days
89 days
Philip L Curry
Sydney
79 days
90 days
Robin B LeBlanc
Dartmouth
70 days
107 days
Elaine Fung
Halifax
34 days
147 days
S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
53 days
142 days
Blair Williams
Sydney
125 days
92 days
Timothy D Wallace
Amherst
129 days
106 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
37 days
338 days
Matthew Hall Rigby
Halifax
102 days
276 days
Jonathan R Trites
Halifax
321 days
436 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Benjamin A Taylor
Kentville
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Liane Johnson
Halifax
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Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
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Magdalena Kujath
Kentville
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Richard L Balys
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
Philip L Curry
Sydney
16 days
38 days
S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
22 days
32 days
Elaine Fung
Halifax
30 days
26 days
Robin B LeBlanc
Dartmouth
22 days
44 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
14 days
56 days
Blair Williams
Sydney
31 days
53 days
Matthew Hall Rigby
Halifax
37 days
55 days
Timothy D Wallace
Amherst
63 days
57 days
Jonathan R Trites
Halifax
58 days
84 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
13 days
182 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Benjamin A Taylor
Kentville
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Liane Johnson
Halifax
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Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
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Magdalena Kujath
Kentville
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Richard L Balys
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: 
February 1 2018 - January 31 2019
Next Update: 
March 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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