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Surgery Wait Times for "Adult - Laparotomy"

Definition: Laparotomy - Surgical examination or repair of the inside of the body by making an incision through the stomach area.

Health Authorities

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Northern Health

Interior Health

Vancouver Coastal Health

Vancouver Island Health

Fraser Health

Provincial Health Services Authority

Procedure	Cases waiting ? as of Apr 30, 2025	Between 01-Feb-2025 and 30-Apr-2025
Procedure	Cases waiting ? as of Apr 30, 2025	50% of cases ? completed within	90% of cases ? completed within

Laparotomy	41	3.4 weeks	13.7 weeks
Fraser Health	16	4.5 weeks	16.8 weeks
Burnaby Hospital	Less than 5	N/A	N/A
Dickeson, Mark Robert Currie	Less than 5	N/A	N/A

Mahy, Jean-Noel

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Chilliwack General Hospital	Less than 5	N/A	N/A
Chatenay, Michael	Less than 5	N/A	N/A

Deacon, Sean De Swardt

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Eagle Ridge Hospital	Less than 5	N/A	N/A
Waterman, Douglas Henry	Less than 5	N/A	N/A

Langley Memorial Hospital	Less than 5	N/A	N/A
Ng, Christopher Wai-Hon	Less than 5	N/A	N/A

Peace Arch Hospital	Less than 5	N/A	N/A
Fung, Sarah Wing-Han	Less than 5	N/A	N/A

Moodliar, Santhoshan

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Surrey Memorial Hospital	10	3.9 weeks	9.3 weeks
Bakhet, Maged Mosad Sokar	Less than 5	N/A	N/A

Chuah, Teong Kuan (Kuan)

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Louie, Kimberley Elizabeth

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Nicolau-Toulouse, Vanessa

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Papalia, Nicholas

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Ribeiro, Amanda Lynn

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Storness-Bliss, Claudine

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Wong, Andrew Hon Kai

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Interior Health	5	2.9 weeks	7.3 weeks
East Kootenay Regional Hospital	Less than 5	N/A	N/A
Brink, Corne	Less than 5	N/A	N/A

Simons, Gertjan

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Kelowna General Hospital	Less than 5	N/A	N/A
Blitz, Maurice	Less than 5	N/A	N/A

Carlson, Vanessa Michelle

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Meathrel, Karen Ann

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Recsky, Magdalena Anna

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital	Less than 5	N/A	N/A
Merg, Anders Richard	Less than 5	N/A	N/A

Schumacher, Paul Andrew

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Penticton Regional Hospital	Less than 5	N/A	N/A
Marschall, Jeffery Gerhard	Less than 5	N/A	N/A

Royal Inland Hospital	Less than 5	N/A	N/A
Ottem, Derek Peter	Less than 5	N/A	N/A

Vernon Jubilee Hospital	Less than 5	N/A	N/A
Ainslie, Scott A.	Less than 5	N/A	N/A

Ciezki, Cynthia Marie

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Northern Health	Less than 5	N/A	N/A
Dawson Creek And District Hospital	Less than 5	N/A	N/A
Smits, Cornelis	Less than 5	N/A	N/A

The University Hospital Of Northern British Columbia	Less than 5	N/A	N/A
Johal, Tarneer Bedi	Less than 5	N/A	N/A

Palerme, Louis-Philippe

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Wankling, Gilbert J.

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Provincial Health Services Authority	Less than 5	N/A	N/A
B.C. Women's Hospital	Less than 5	N/A	N/A
Allaire, Catherine	Less than 5	N/A	N/A

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Vancouver Coastal Health	12	3.0 weeks	9.7 weeks
Lions Gate Hospital	Less than 5	N/A	N/A
Ravn, Sarah Elizabeth Dons	Less than 5	N/A	N/A

Mount Saint Joseph Hospital	Less than 5	N/A	N/A
Raval, Manojkumar Jyotindrarai	Less than 5	N/A	N/A

Qathet General Hospital	Less than 5	N/A	N/A
Makarewicz, Pawel A.	Less than 5	N/A	N/A

St. Paul's Hospital	Less than 5	N/A	N/A
Geoffrion, Roxana	Less than 5	N/A	N/A

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Phang, Paul Terence

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

UBC Health Sciences Centre	Less than 5	N/A	N/A
Joos, Emilie	Less than 5	N/A	N/A

Vancouver General Hospital	6	3.9 weeks	11.0 weeks
Gleave, Martin	Less than 5	N/A	N/A

Hamilton, Trevor Douglas

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Kim, Peter Tae Wan

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Macneill, Andrea

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Mcfadden, Andrew William James

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Meneghetti, Adam Terry

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Stuart, Gavin Charles Edward

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Vasilyeva, Elizaveta

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Vancouver Island Health	5	N/A	N/A
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital	5	N/A	N/A
Cheah, Sin Huey	Less than 5	N/A	N/A

Purzner, Roderick Henry

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Renner, Regina Maria

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Schneidereit, Nathan Paul

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

Wells, Bryan John

Less than 5

N/A

N/A

The data presented on the Surgery Wait Times website is a snapshot of a 3-month time period. The Wait for Surgery represents a component of the total waiting time for surgery, from the date the health authority receives the booking form to the date that the patient receives surgery.

Health Authorities in B.C.