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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 ?
102 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Wait Time
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
39 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
42 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
46 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
51 days
Middleton
Soldiers Memorial Hospital
62 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
64 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
70 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
77 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
84 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
90 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
93 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
98 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
107 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
112 days
Lower Sackville
Cobequid Community Health Centre
113 days
Digby
Digby General Hospital
119 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
121 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
122 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
10 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
19 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
22 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
24 days
Middleton
Soldiers Memorial Hospital
25 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
30 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
30 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
30 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
32 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
32 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
33 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
37 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
39 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
46 days
Digby
Digby General Hospital
65 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
77 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
79 days
Lower Sackville
Cobequid Community Health Centre
92 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: 
May 1 2019 - July 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 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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