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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 ?
98 days
Instructions - Instructional text.

Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Wait Time
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
41 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
45 days
Middleton
Soldiers Memorial Hospital
48 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
48 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
61 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
61 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
79 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
81 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
81 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
84 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
85 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
90 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
105 days
Lower Sackville
Cobequid Community Health Centre
109 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
126 days
Digby
Digby General Hospital
144 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
145 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
148 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
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
12 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
14 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
17 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
23 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
23 days
Middleton
Soldiers Memorial Hospital
24 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
26 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
27 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
27 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
28 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
29 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
30 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
31 days
Digby
Digby General Hospital
38 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
39 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
67 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
72 days
Lower Sackville
Cobequid Community Health Centre
78 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: 
January 1 2019 - March 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
May 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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