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News before 1996 is not available online.
Health PEI is offering free diabetes screening and risk assessment clinics for Islanders in locations across the province this month. November is Diabetes Awareness month, including World Diabetes Day today, which provides a great opportunity to learn more about diabetes...
Antibiotics are one of medicine’s most powerful tools – when used properly. Sarah Lutes and Dr. Greg German are working to make sure these important drugs don’t lose their power to cure. Lutes, an antimicrobial pharmacist, and German, an MD and medical microbiologist, are hoping...
There are 4,500 Islanders living with the effects of a stroke. The professionals in PEI's Organized Stroke Care Program are working to make sure a patient’s life, post-stroke, is as full and independent as possible. “Our role here is to ensure there is a compassionate...
November is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Awareness Month and Islanders are encouraged to take advantage of free screening clinics being offered across the province. Health PEI is holding a series of COPD screening clinics from November 6 to 29 in communities...
Islanders with chronic kidney disease will benefit from better access to kidney care through the new PEI Renal Clinic. The $2.1 million provincial renal clinic is designed to support growth within provincial renal services such as peritoneal dialysis and post-kidney transplant...
World Stroke Day – October 29 – is a good time for Islanders and health care providers to talk about risk factors, signs of a stroke and the importance of seeking emergency care. “These conversations can save lives and make a difference in outcomes following a stroke,” says...
Fifteen board and committee members from across the province will provide a strong public voice to ensure Islanders have access to high quality health care. Seven islanders have been appointed to form the new Health PEI Board of Directors and nine Islanders have been appointed or...
Pam Veinotte, an RN with the Summerside Hemodialysis Unit at Prince Count Hospital, specializes in nephrology - or kidney function - and has seen the way dialysis and other kidney treatments change people’s lives for the better. That’s why she welcomes more investments to expand...
Improvements at the Summerside and Charlottetown hemodialysis units will bring more resources closer to home for the growing number of Islanders living with chronic kidney disease. Earlier this month, the Summerside Hemodialysis Unit at Prince County Hospital introduced an...
Were you or a loved one admitted to an Island hospital in the last month? Health PEI wants to hear from you as part of its new online patient satisfaction survey in acute care. The online survey is available in English and French, and patients discharged in September will receive...