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Tubal Ligation

Service/Procedure Summary

Tubal Ligation is also known as 'getting your tubes tied.' This operation is performed to block off a woman's fallopian tubes to prevent pregnancy.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
317 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
172 days
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Wait Times

90%

Communitysort ascending Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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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%

Communitysort ascending Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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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: 
March 1 - May 31 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
July 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Communitysort ascending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Channabasav Shettar
Yarmouth
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Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
208 days
218 days
Sarah Hudgins
Sydney
192 days
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Gillian MacMullin
North Sydney
50 days
105 days
Erin MacLellan
North Sydney
207 days
259 days
Michael Osasere
North Sydney
70 days
108 days
Changulanda Joshi
New Glasgow
276 days
216 days
Fazil Okuboyejo
New Glasgow
104 days
137 days
Gregory Tynski
Kentville
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Winifred W Lee
Dartmouth
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162 days
Sally Jorgensen
Bridgewater
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Helen Sandland
Amherst
55 days
62 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 Communitysort ascending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Channabasav Shettar
Yarmouth
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Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
148 days
132 days
Sarah Hudgins
Sydney
74 days
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Gillian MacMullin
North Sydney
25 days
19 days
Erin MacLellan
North Sydney
103 days
118 days
Michael Osasere
North Sydney
29 days
57 days
Changulanda Joshi
New Glasgow
158 days
99 days
Fazil Okuboyejo
New Glasgow
45 days
54 days
Gregory Tynski
Kentville
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Winifred W Lee
Dartmouth
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132 days
Sally Jorgensen
Bridgewater
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Helen Sandland
Amherst
40 days
41 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: 
June 1 2019 - May 31 2020
Next Update: 
July 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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