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PEI Annual Flu Summary - 2018-2019 Season
The Prince Edward Island Annual Influenza Summary 2018-19 Season is now available.
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Digging up the past, opening a time capsule
Islanders find out today what’s hidden inside a time capsule from the former Prince Edward Island Hospital on Brighton road. During the recent decommissioning of the site, workers uncovered a time capsule dating back to when the facility was originally built in 1932. The time...
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Family doctors at the frontline of health care
For Summerside doctor Nadine Arsenault-Samson, family medicine is the way she can profoundly improve the lives and outcomes of people in her care. Family Doctor Day is recognized on May 19 each year to to celebrate family physicians and the important work they do caring for and...
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Recognizing Prince Edward Island family physicians
Health and Wellness Minister James Aylward is proud to join the College of Family Physicians for Prince Edward Island in recognizing May 19, 2019 as Family Doctor Day and celebrating some of the Island’s outstanding physicians. Dr. Lana Beth Barkhouse has been named the Family...
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Locum Support Program
The Locum Support Program aims to temporarily replace permanent physicians in family practice, emergency medicine and specialties in the event that physician services will be unavailable due to vacation, continuing medical education (CME), illness, or other special leave. OOP...
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Lyme disease in PEI
Lyme disease is a bacterial infection transmitted to humans by a bite from an infected blacklegged (deer) tick ( Ixodes scaplularis). Ticks attach to the skin and feed on blood. A tick carrying Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria that can cause Lyme disease can transmit the disease...
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Immunization awareness week encourages vaccination
National Immunization Awareness Week runs April 20 – 27, 2019 to recognize the important role vaccines play in preserving and protecting public health. PEI’s Chief Public Health Office urges Islanders to ensure their immunizations are all up-to-date as it is the best way to...