Strengthening mental health services - Expanding mental health walk-in clinic services will provide better access to care for a growing number of Islanders seeking non-urgent and non-life threatening mental health and addictions care at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH)...
Call 1-888-299-8399 to request admission. What is withdrawal management? When you want to stop using alcohol or drugs, withdrawal management provides a safe, supportive and medically supervised environment to help you withdraw/detox as either an inpatient or outpatient. Inpatient...
Screening for colorectal cancer works. Just ask Dr. Rosemary Henderson. “There’s no doubt about it. The screening program caught my cancer so early, my entire journey with cancer was a minor inconvenience that lasted a few months. It could have been so much worse.” – Dr. Rosemary...
What is Palliative Care? Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and families facing life-limiting illnesses. This approach covers all stages of a life-limiting illness. It starts with diagnosis, through the disease journey and includes the...
This page provides information for Islanders whose health care provider (doctor, registered nurse, or other provider) has suggested meeting with them online by Zoom. Zoom is a cloud-based video conferencing service to meet with others virtually. Using Zoom you can see, hear, and...
Gastroenterology is the branch of medicine that focuses on the digestive tract, gallbladder, liver, bile ducts, and pancreas. A professional who specializes in these fields is called a gastroenterologist/GI Specialist or doctor, or gastroenterologist/GI Nurse Practitioner. Our...
Island palliative care patients living in their homes are receiving timely access to pain and symptom management during overnight hours with the additional support of paramedics, helping them to stay in their homes longer. Since the new Paramedics Providing Palliative Care at...
Listed alphabetically. 2-1-1: connecting you to non-urgent health services 211 is a free, confidential information and referral service. It can quickly connect you to non-urgent health services. These include human, social, community and government services. Call 2-1-1, 24 hours...
Conor Mullally’s journey with mental health is a long one with many stops along the way, but it’s one he’s not afraid to talk about. “I think everyone experiences mental health, to an extent,” he said on the phone from his home in Souris, PEI. “Some people’s experience is at a...