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Plastic surgery — Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean

51 people are waiting for plastic surgery in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean. Here is what the ministry publishes about this queue, and the levers that actually exist.

31.4% of this queue has been waiting more than a year. The queue got shorter: 79 fewer people than a year ago.

The queue since 2019

People waiting at the end of each period, from 2019-2020 to 2026-2027. The ministry publishes 13 periods a year.

What this specialty covers

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The ministry’s file counts surgeries by specialty, not by operation. These examples say what the specialty operates on; they are not a breakdown of the queue.

Elsewhere in Quebec

Across Quebec, 10.9% of people waiting for plastic surgery have waited more than a year. Here it is 31.4%.

The region where this queue turns over best is Montréal, at 6.5%. A referral to another region is allowed — ask your doctor for one.

Hospitals operating in this region

• Hopital de Chicoutimi5,995 day surgeries
• Hopital et Centre de Readaptation de Jonquiere3,420 day surgeries
• Hopital et CHSLD de Roberval3,385 day surgeries
• Hopital d'Alma3,066 day surgeries
• Hopital de Dolbeau-Mistassini482 day surgeries

Day surgeries, all specialties combined (MED-ÉCHO). Ask your doctor whether your surgery is done there.

What to do, step by step

1. If you don’t have a referral yet, it starts with your doctor or the GAP (811, option 3). Say you’ll take the first available surgeon; the request then goes through the regional desk, the CRDS.
2. Already referred and months without news? Call the hospital’s outpatient clinic. Ask where you sit, and whether another surgeon in the department moves faster.
3. Once you’re on the operating list, say yes to cancellation call-backs, and answer your phone.
4. And if nothing moves, go back to your doctor for a referral somewhere else. Another region is allowed, and sometimes that’s months saved.

The trick: ask for the first available surgeon instead of a specific name. Tell your doctor you’re willing to travel too, because a referral to another region is allowed and the gap sometimes runs into months. And if you’re offered a date, think before turning it down, because a refusal can put your file on hold.

These numbers count people, not months: they describe the state of the queue, not your own wait, which depends on the surgeon and on clinical priority. This page is independent of the ministry and books nothing.

Data from period 4, 2026-2027 · official source

The app

The site already does the real-time numbers, the map and the which-ER-to-drive-to part.

It opens from an icon, no address to type. And whatever you loaded last is still there when the signal drops, which it does in most hospital basements.

The app is free to download and everything inside it is free too: the wait times, the clinics, the surgery lists, one ER's last seven days with the hours it is usually quietest, and your own ERs pinned to the top of the list. No subscription, nothing left to unlock.

View on the App Store

On the App Store it is called "Urgences Québec: temps attente".