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 ?
142 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
267 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
126 days
386 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
142 days
386 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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144 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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153 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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126 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
23 days
168 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
39 days
87 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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55 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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62 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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93 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Antigonish
40 days
111 days
Halifax
60 days
175 days
Kentville
69 days
194 days
Dartmouth
80 days
160 days
Glace Bay
82 days
166 days
Halifax
95 days
427 days
Halifax
140 days
651 days
Amherst
154 days
247 days
Halifax
275 days
386 days
Kentville
354 days
167 days
Halifax
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Dartmouth
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133 days
Dartmouth
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274 days
Sydney
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Yarmouth
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105 days

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Antigonish
19 days
76 days
Halifax
21 days
105 days
Halifax
22 days
112 days
Dartmouth
29 days
64 days
Amherst
34 days
118 days
Halifax
36 days
106 days
Kentville
41 days
81 days
Kentville
42 days
92 days
Glace Bay
43 days
70 days
Halifax
127 days
106 days
Halifax
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Dartmouth
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56 days
Dartmouth
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57 days
Sydney
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Yarmouth
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66 days

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