Health PEI has updated its COVID-19 visitor protocol to align with the changing COVID-19 situation. “Our new visitor protocol increases access to partners in care and family for patients, residents and clients, which is an important aspect of care,” said Marion Dowling, Chief...
Health PEI testing sites will be closed on Monday, May 30, due to required electrical system upgrades. In order to accommodate Islanders who require a COVID-19 test at a testing clinic, additional hours are being added to testing sites across the province on Sunday, May 29. The...
A new program will help fund sensors that allow people with diabetes and their health care team better monitor their sugar levels. Over 15,000 Islanders live with diabetes, a chronic disease where the body is unable to produce insulin or properly use the insulin it produces. On...
Health PEI is introducing a new digital assessment tool for older Islanders that will improve the way people are assessed for care needs as they age. The tool, called interRAI-HC, uses a digital platform that replaces the former paper-based system that has been in use on PEI for...
Public Health Nursing goes out of its way to accommodate everyone’s needs for vaccination. We know vaccines are important, but for some people, the vaccination clinic itself is so intimidating or scary, it can be a serious barrier. “New spaces are difficult for anybody,” said Dr...
With a second provincial audiologist, wait times are dropping dramatically. Kaitlin MacKay remembers all too well the stress of being PEI’s only provincial audiologist. “I had a lot of sleepless nights,” she said. “For a long time, I struggled with thinking, ‘am I really doing a...
Health PEI advises that the schedule for COVID-19 testing sites will be modified starting May 16, 2022. Borden Carleton, 20 Dickie Rd: CLOSING May 16 *additional hours added to schedule at Slemon Park location Summerside, Slemon Park: Monday - Friday 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday and...
Health PEI’s Mental Health and Addictions division is introducing a new 12-space acute day program and consolidating acute mental health care beds in order to help improve patient care and increase access to acute inpatient and psychiatry services. The new Partial Hospitalization...
“I don’t know if there was ever a time in my life when I wasn’t thinking about being a physician,” said Dr. Trina Stewart, a family physician in Summerside. “I grew up in Perth-Andover, New Brunswick. When I was in Grade 11, I sent letters to medical faculties all over Canada and...
May 9 to 15 is National Nursing Week in Canada. Nurses play a pivotal role in the health care of Islanders, working tirelessly at every level of the health care system, be they Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, or Nurse Practitioners. “PEI’s nurses have always been...