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...
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...
PEI’s Pandemic Contingency Plan for the Health Sector is a framework document to guide the health system in the ongoing development of operational plans for a pandemic. The Province has the overall responsibility to ensure that each division of the health system has an...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced two additional positive COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of active cases in the province to five. The two additional cases are both men in their 20s and residents of PEI. They are both close contacts of one...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced three additional positive COVID-19 cases in the province, bringing the province’s total to 30. The three cases are all Islanders and are related to travel within Canada. None of the cases are related to seasonal...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced that Prince Edward Island has received approximately 1,950 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine today. “This is a very exciting week for PEI as we receive the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine and prepare to...
Prince Edward Island’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has confirmed five new positive cases of COVID-19 in the province related to travel. One case is a man in his 30s who arrived in the province on December 8 following international travel. He remains in self...
Islanders are encouraged to download the COVID Alert app, which is designed to let Canadians know that they may have been exposed to COVID-19, as the province goes live with notifications. “As Islanders continue through the ‘New Normal’ phase, the app is another tool that is...
Prince Edward Island’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has confirmed one new positive case of COVID-19, and announced the launch of a new COVID-19 alert system for the province. The individual is a man in his 20s. He is an Island worker (non-health care...