Notes on Surgery Wait Times

Cardiac Surgery Statistics

for the Three Months Ending August 31, 2008.

This table shows how many adult patients have cardiac surgery at each of Ontario's hospital cardiac centres. It also shows how long patients usually wait for bypass surgery and whether their waiting time falls within a recommended time range. This information is provided to help doctors and patients in the referral process for surgical treatment of heart disease.

There are notes below the table explaining the information. All patients accepted for surgery by a heart surgeon are registered on the Cardiac Care Network of Ontario's (CCN) computer system. Waiting times are monitored until patients have surgery. If you have questions about a centre's statistics, please check with the centre.

This page was last updated on September 24, 2008. The next update of these statistics is scheduled for October 2008.

	Patient Cases Completed (June 2008 - August 2008)
		Emergency + Urgent RMWT 0-14 days
Hospitals (Grouped by LHIN Regions)	Number (Monthly Average)	Median Wait (days)	Surgery within RMWT	90th Percentile Wait (days)	Patients Waiting (Monthly Average)
South West
London HSC	113	2 days	86%	7 days	34
Waterloo Wellington
St. Mary's General Hospital, Kitchener	54	1 day	100%	2 days	22
Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant
Hamilton HSC	121	1 day	85%	6 days	87
Mississauga Halton
Trillium HC, Mississauga	79	5 days	85%	12 days	27
Toronto Central
St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto	71	5 days	76%	9 days	54
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre	63	3 days	80%	8 days	23
University Health Network, Toronto	129	2 days	96%	7 days	127
Central
Southlake Regional HC, Newmarket	65	6 days	77%	13 days	55
South East
Kingston General Hospital	44	2 days	85%	7 days	38
Champlain
University of Ottawa Heart Institute	85	5 days	65%	19 days	103
North East
Hôpital Régional de Sudbury	33	3 day	100%	7 days	17
All Hospitals	857	3 days	83%	10 days	587

 

Patient Cases Completed (June 2008 - August 2008)     Semi-Urgent RMWT 15-42 days   Hospitals (Grouped by LHIN Regions) Number (Monthly Average) Median Wait (days) Surgery within RMWT 90th Percentile Wait (days) Patients Waiting (Monthly Average)   South West           London HSC 113 7 days 82% 41 days 34 Waterloo Wellington           St. Mary's General Hospital, Kitchener 54 5 days 94% 13 days 22 Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant         Hamilton HSC 121 6 days 86% 41 days 87 Mississauga Halton           Trillium HC, Mississauga 79 6 days 93% 21 days 27 Toronto Central           St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto 71 7 days 94% 21 days 54 Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre 63 3 days 97% 17 days 23 University Health Network, Toronto 129 6 days 90% 25 days 127 Central           Southlake Regional HC, Newmarket 65 12 days 85% 39 days 55 South East           Kingston General Hospital 44 3 days 89% 24 days 38 Champlain           University of Ottawa Heart Institute 85 15 days 80% 35 days 103 North East           Hôpital Régional de Sudbury 33 6 days 94% 12 days 17 All Hospitals 857 6 days 88% 30 days 587

 

Patient Cases Completed (June 2008 - August 2008)     Elective RMWT 43-180 days   Hospitals (Grouped by Geographic Region) Number (Monthly Average) Median Wait (days) Surgery within RMWT 90th Percentile Wait (days) Patients Waiting (Monthly Average)   South West           London HSC 113 25 days 90% 58 days 34 Waterloo Wellington           St. Mary's General Hospital, Kitchener 54 5 days 100% 23 days 22 Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant         Hamilton HSC 121 15 days 95% 54 days 87 Mississauga Halton           Trillium HC, Mississauga 79 16 days 100% 27 days 27 Toronto Central           St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto 71 16 days 95% 51 days 54 Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre 63 16 days 97% 38 days 23 University Health Network, Toronto 129 30 days 90% 61 days 127 Central           Southlake Regional HC, Newmarket 65 22 days 94% 56 days 55 South East           Kingston General Hospital 44 16 days 100% 42 days 38 Champlain           University of Ottawa Heart Institute 85 49 days 83% 82 days 103 North East           Hôpital Régional de Sudbury 33 12 days 100% 52 days 17 All Hospitals 857 19 days 94% 57 days 587