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...
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...
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 - A family can feel trapped inside a cycle of anger and blame when one of their own suffers from addiction - but a new approach from Prince Edward Island's addiction services offers a way out. Greg Purvis, addictions team lead at the...
Amélioration des services de santé mentale - Grâce au programme INSIGHT, les jeunes Insulaires atteints de maladies mentales complexes ont la possibilité de faire des progrès et de mener une vie plus saine avec leur famille. Le programme INSIGHT a été lancé l’automne dernier pour...
Strengthening mental health services - The world can be a stressful and threatening place for many teens, and especially for those with mental health challenges. Through Health PEI’s INSIGHT program, a group of trained and concerned professionals is offering these Prince Edward...
Appui pour les familles insulaires - Un Canadien sur dix lutte contre la consommation problématique de substances et la dépendance, et l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard n’y échappe pas. Dans le cadre de la Semaine nationale de sensibilisation aux toxicomanies, soulignée du 12 au 18...