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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 ?
139 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
328 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
80 days
324 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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317 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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292 days
Windsor
Hants Community 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)
30 days
61 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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166 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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110 days
Windsor
Hants Community 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: 
April 1 - June 30 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
August 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
21 days
132 days
S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
82 days
104 days
Timothy D Wallace
Amherst
145 days
110 days
Blair Williams
Sydney
91 days
189 days
Richard L Balys
Dartmouth
52 days
317 days
Martin Corsten
Halifax
89 days
289 days
Matthew Hall Rigby
Halifax
63 days
542 days
Jonathan R Trites
Halifax
561 days
556 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Benjamin A Taylor
Kentville
94 days
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Liane Johnson
Halifax
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Magdalena Kujath
Kentville
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187 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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Philip L Curry
Sydney
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140 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
41 days
42 days
Martin Corsten
Halifax
29 days
59 days
Blair Williams
Sydney
13 days
87 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
11 days
90 days
Timothy D Wallace
Amherst
75 days
43 days
Matthew Hall Rigby
Halifax
39 days
131 days
Jonathan R Trites
Halifax
40 days
134 days
Richard L Balys
Dartmouth
9 days
249 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Benjamin A Taylor
Kentville
38 days
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Liane Johnson
Halifax
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Magdalena Kujath
Kentville
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172 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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Philip L Curry
Sydney
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84 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: 
July 1 2019 - June 30 2020
Next Update: 
August 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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