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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 ?
112 days
Instructions - Instructional text.

Wait Times

90%

Community Facilitysort descending Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
81 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
80 days
Lower Sackville
Cobequid Community Health Centre
133 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
93 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
100 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
162 days
Digby
Digby General Hospital
197 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
76 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
107 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
79 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
46 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
83 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
137 days
Middleton
Soldiers Memorial Hospital
31 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
62 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
65 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
113 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
126 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 Facilitysort descending Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
8 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
13 days
Lower Sackville
Cobequid Community Health Centre
75 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
13 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
12 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
10 days
Digby
Digby General Hospital
103 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
10 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
6 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
6 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
2 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
7 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
16 days
Middleton
Soldiers Memorial Hospital
21 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
11 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
10 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
20 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
33 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: 
April 1 2020 - June 30 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
August 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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