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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 ?
180 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
194 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
257 days
133 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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287 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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109 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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166 days
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)
85 days
72 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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85 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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89 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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69 days
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: 
February 1 - April 30 2022
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
June 2022

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Richard Spence
Halifax
72 days
70 days
Richard L Balys
Dartmouth
30 days
137 days
Benjamin A Taylor
Kentville
79 days
109 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
21 days
167 days
Blair Williams
Glace Bay
72 days
161 days
Timothy D Wallace
Amherst
57 days
176 days
S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
24 days
238 days
Matthew Hall Rigby
Halifax
61 days
258 days
Elaine Fung
Halifax
77 days
319 days
Martin Corsten
Halifax
97 days
491 days
Jonathan R Trites
Halifax
301 days
308 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Liane Johnson
Halifax
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Magdalena Kujath
Kentville
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164 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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63 days
Philip L Curry
Sydney
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176 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
Timothy D Wallace
Amherst
18 days
41 days
Richard Spence
Halifax
29 days
34 days
Richard L Balys
Dartmouth
9 days
55 days
Blair Williams
Glace Bay
28 days
47 days
S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
11 days
70 days
Martin Corsten
Halifax
19 days
63 days
Benjamin A Taylor
Kentville
41 days
53 days
Matthew Hall Rigby
Halifax
38 days
60 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
14 days
97 days
Elaine Fung
Halifax
48 days
69 days
Jonathan R Trites
Halifax
106 days
66 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Liane Johnson
Halifax
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Magdalena Kujath
Kentville
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126 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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32 days
Philip L Curry
Sydney
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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.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
May 1 2021 - April 30 2022
Next Update: 
June 2022
Disclaimer: Hospitals, long-term care facilities, 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.

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