Supporting Island families - Grant Wyand doesn’t want the cost of prescription medicines to prevent Islanders from accessing them. Through the Pharmacare program, the Prince Edward Island government is working to help Islanders with the costs of prescription medications, along...
Strengthening mental health services - Not all emergencies that arrive at Prince Edward Island’s largest hospital involve physical health. For those who show up at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital emergency department with a mental health crisis, Sasha O’Hanley and her colleagues are...
The emergency department at Kings County Memorial Hospital will be closed today (December 18) from 4 to 10 p.m. due to a temporary lack of physician coverage. The emergency department will reopen Tuesday, December 19 at 8 a.m. Anyone with urgent medical needs should call 9-1-1 or...
Investing in infrastructure - As she readies the current linear accelerator for her next patient, radiation therapist Leigh-Ann Locke explains how the world-class equipment arriving at the PEI Cancer Treatment Centre in March could be a life changer for some Islanders. The centre...
Your physician or nurse practitioner can refer you to the Pulmonary Rehab Program by submitting this referral form. If you meet the inclusion criteria for the program, you will be contacted for an assessment appointment. For more information, visit the Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehab...
Your physician or nurse practitioner can refer you to the Cardiac Rehab Program by submitting this referral form. An exercise stress test must be sent in with your referral. If you meet the inclusion criteria for the program, you will be contacted for an assessment appointment...
The emergency department at Kings County Memorial Hospital will be closed from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. tomorrow (December 12) due to a temporary lack of physician coverage. The emergency department will be open from 4 to 10 p.m. Anyone with urgent medical needs should call 9-1-1 or...
Quel est le rôle des comités ? Les comités de consultation communautaire sur la santé constituent un mécanisme de consultation locale et régionale pour le ministre de la Santé et du Mieux-être et Santé Î.-P.-É. en ce qui concerne les services de santé et politiques en matière de...
Supporting Island families - Islanders, businesses, and community facilities are encouraged to register their Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) with a new province-wide online database. Joining the AED registry is voluntary and free and can be done in less than five...
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)...