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

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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104 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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114 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Kentville
Valley 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 Timesort descending
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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76 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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106 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Kentville
Valley 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: 
November 1 - January 31 2023
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
March 2023

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
225 days
104 days
Fazil Okuboyejo
New Glasgow
582 days
108 days
Winifred W Lee
Dartmouth
229 days
186 days
Changulanda Joshi
New Glasgow
310 days
310 days
Vaughan Marshall
Antigonish
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Kingsley Mensah
New Glasgow
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Helen Sandland
Amherst
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Gillian MacMullin
Sydney
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Gregory Tynski
Kentville
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Heather Stone
Dartmouth
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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%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Fazil Okuboyejo
New Glasgow
126 days
67 days
Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
113 days
76 days
Winifred W Lee
Dartmouth
145 days
98 days
Changulanda Joshi
New Glasgow
295 days
156 days
Vaughan Marshall
Antigonish
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Kingsley Mensah
New Glasgow
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Helen Sandland
Amherst
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Gillian MacMullin
Sydney
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Gregory Tynski
Kentville
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Heather Stone
Dartmouth
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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 2022 - January 31 2023
Next Update: 
March 2023
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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