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It will now be easier for Islanders to start the often difficult conversation about their own end-of-life care. Health PEI’s new online Advance Care Planning Workbook guides users through the key steps to clearly communicate and outline their wishes for health and personal care...
Prince Edward Island’s first-ever nursing strategy will help ensure a strong, dedicated workforce to care for Islanders. The Health PEI Nursing Strategy: 2017-2020 sets direction for nursing within the province’s publically funded health-care system. It was created after...
Regular cancer screening is important to keeping Islanders healthy. Screening helps catch some cancers early when they are the most treatable, and almost half of all cancers can be prevented by eating well, being active, maintaining a healthy body weight, limiting alcohol use and...
Prince Edward Island is among Canada’s leaders in making its hospital policies more family friendly. Nearly 50 Canadian hospitals and health care organizations are participating in the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement’s (CFHI) “Better Together” initiative, which is...
Prince Edward Island’s new trauma program is helping Islanders and health care providers better identify, prevent, and manage brain injuries. Over the past two years, 2,030 Islanders went to an emergency department citing a head injury as one of the reasons for their visit. To...
Three new walk-in clinics offer Prince County residents better access to mental health services. Clinics in Summerside and in O’Leary will support residents of all ages, while a third at Westisle High School is designed to support West Prince teens age 16 and older. All three...
During her 32-year career in emergency room nursing, Donna Gallant says she has seen plenty of people come in with painful symptoms of advanced cancer that could have been detected much earlier. It was that memory that finally convinced her to use a FIT kit - an at home test for...
It was during Colorectal Cancer Screening Month back in March 2012 that Donna Gallant took a test that saved her life. The Summerside resident ordered a FIT Kit at-home test that came back positive. After undergoing surgery and months of chemotherapy and radiation therapy...
Prince Edward Island is currently experiencing an outbreak of whooping cough (pertussis). Symptoms include sneezing, runny nose, fever, and gradually worsening cough that often ends with a “whooping” sound that can cause the person to vomit. There are currently 10 cases of...
LifeFlight helicopters can once again land and take off from Prince County Hospital for patients needing around-the-clock emergency air transport. Prince County Hospital's helipad reopened this morning after approximately $200,000 in upgrades. The work, which began in October...