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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 ?
313 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
434 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
31 days
284 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
289 days
128 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
313 days
541 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
393 days
470 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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243 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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336 days
North Sydney
Northside General 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
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
36 days
50 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
28 days
96 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
37 days
140 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
129 days
69 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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47 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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125 days
North Sydney
Northside General 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: 
September 1 - November 30 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
January 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Blair Williams
Sydney
35 days
236 days
S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
82 days
258 days
Timothy D Wallace
Amherst
214 days
134 days
Richard L Balys
Dartmouth
57 days
317 days
Martin Corsten
Halifax
153 days
387 days
Matthew Hall Rigby
Halifax
61 days
606 days
Jonathan R Trites
Halifax
313 days
556 days
Benjamin A Taylor
Kentville
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383 days
Elaine Fung
Halifax
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454 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Liane Johnson
Halifax
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Liane Johnson
Halifax
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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198 days
Magdalena Kujath
Kentville
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168 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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---
Philip L Curry
Sydney
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286 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
S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
27 days
34 days
Richard L Balys
Dartmouth
24 days
48 days
Matthew Hall Rigby
Halifax
33 days
61 days
Blair Williams
Sydney
13 days
82 days
Martin Corsten
Halifax
29 days
81 days
Timothy D Wallace
Amherst
67 days
53 days
Jonathan R Trites
Halifax
48 days
135 days
Benjamin A Taylor
Kentville
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131 days
Elaine Fung
Halifax
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381 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
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---
Liane Johnson
Halifax
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Liane Johnson
Halifax
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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93 days
Magdalena Kujath
Kentville
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113 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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---
Philip L Curry
Sydney
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76 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: 
December 1 2019 - November 30 2020
Next Update: 
January 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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