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Health PEI will hold a pop-up booster vaccination clinic from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Sherwood Business Centre in Charlottetown on Tuesday, Dec. 28. Approximately 75-100 doses of Moderna booster vaccine will be given through this clinic. Appointments may be made through the...
Due to community transmission of COVID-19, Health PEI is placing additional restrictions on visiting hospital facilities across PEI. At this time only three (3) Partners in Care are permitted to support each patient. There will be no general visitors allowed. Partners in Care...
Health PEI advises that COVID-19 testing clinics in Souris and Charlottetown are experiencing very high volumes and higher than usual wait times. People can expect to wait up to two to three hours to be swabbed. Please be patient as staff work to test as many people as quickly as...
Health PEI advises that the schedule for the COVID-19 drop-in testing sites and cough and fever clinics will change for the remainder of November including holiday hours for November 11 th. Drop-in testing sites 64 Park Street, Charlottetown Monday - Friday: 8am - 4pm Saturday -...
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital is responding to a school bus accident and has called a Code Orange meaning a response to a large number of patients. The accident involved Bus 49. The children who were on the bus are being transferred to hospital as a precaution and are all doing...
The Code Orange at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital has been cleared. Children are no longer being transferred to hospital as they have been cleared by Island EMS. A total of three children have been treated, but they are stable. “Thank you to QEH staff and physicians, partner...
The Health PEI Board of Directors is pleased to welcome Dr. Michael Gardam as the permanent CEO for Health PEI. Dr. Gardam was recommended for the position by the Health PEI Board of Directors following a competitive search. Dr. Gardam has been Interim CEO of Health PEI since the...
Renovations to improve the main entrance and kitchen at Kings County Memorial Hospital (KCMH) are beginning today. The new renovations will improve patient flow and privacy at the hospital. In the past, all KCMH visitors and patients had to pass by the main reception desk located...
Residents of Sherwood Home are moving to Prince Edward Home over the coming weeks to provide a safer location for care. The nine residents will move on or before October 3. This relocation is due to the current building not meeting National Building Code (NBC) standards for...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, is encouraging those heading back-to-school to get tested for COVID-19 this weekend, if they are experiencing any symptoms. Additional Health PEI testing locations will be available for Island K-12 students, post-secondary...