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The Chief Public Health Office is advising Islanders travelling outside of Canada to take precautions and closely monitor their health for 14 days after returning home. While there are currently no confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Prince Edward Island, Islanders returning from out...
Residents of West Prince now have faster access to emergency department (ED) care at Western Hospital with an innovative, on-line technology. The creative approach to care provides patients with non-critical needs, who meet a certain criteria, the option to immediately connect...
The Chief Public Health Office (CPHO) is reminding Islanders that there are no cases of COVID-19 in PEI and the overall risk to Islanders remains low. The CPHO is working closely with the federal government, provincial and territorial counterparts, other provincial government...
Residents of West Prince will have access to more stable, quality health care in their community with all permanent registered nursing positions filled at Western Hospital for the first time in several years. Over the last year, Recruitment and Retention and Health PEI have...
With the addition of a new Neonatologist, more Island babies who are sick or born more prematurely will be able to receive neonatal intensive care services closer to home. Islander Dr. Beth Ellen Brown has joined the PEI health care team as a Neonatologist which has allowed the...
A new Resident Care Worker (RCW) program in Souris will address the need for more skilled workers in rural PEI, while also providing rural residents the opportunity to study and gain meaningful employment closer to home. RCWs are an integral part of the health system, working in...
Spouses of long-term care residents will be able to stay in their own homes and communities longer with updates to long-term care regulations that will allow them to retain more of their family income. Effective February 1, 2020, changes to the long-term care subsidy assessment...
Government has secured an Island physician to provide medical services in the community of Wellington. The physician, who is currently practicing in PEI, will provide medical services to the community one day a week in the Wellington Health Centre. This replaces the half-day a...
During National Non-Smoking Week, January 19-25, 2020, Islanders are encouraged to quit smoking and begin living tobacco-free. Islanders who want to quit smoking can now access the province’s new smoking cessation program by contacting their nearest primary care network. The...
The Province has signed an agreement with the Medical Society of Prince Edward Island (MSPEI) to move forward on a physicians’ recruiting physicians model for PEI. “Islanders want and deserve better access to family doctors and specialists. Improving how we recruit physicians to...