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Ultrasound - Nova Scotia Health Authority

Service/Procedure Summary

An Ultrasound refers to a type of photo taken of organs or different parts of the body using high-frequency sound waves. Also known as sonograms, this procedure can make cross-sectional pictures of the underlying body structure by measuring the intensity of reflected (like an echo) sound waves.

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

90%

Community Facility Wait Time
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
27 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
36 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
36 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
47 days
Middleton
Soldiers Memorial Hospital
50 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
54 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
65 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
77 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
83 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
97 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
102 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
106 days
Lower Sackville
Cobequid Community Health Centre
106 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
109 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
119 days
Digby
Digby General Hospital
132 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
137 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
160 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%

Community Facility Wait Time
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
6 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
11 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
22 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
22 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
23 days
Middleton
Soldiers Memorial Hospital
24 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
24 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
25 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
28 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
29 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
32 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
36 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
41 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
42 days
Digby
Digby General Hospital
61 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
70 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
75 days
Lower Sackville
Cobequid Community Health Centre
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: 
Diagnostic Imaging Departments
Data Period: 
March 1 2019 - May 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
July 2019
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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