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Health PEI Board Governance Policies
2018-04-27
The Health PEI Board Governance Policies define how the board conducts its business, rules, and practices.
Help save a life – register to be a donor
2018-04-24
Gordon MacFarlane and Carleigh MacLeod know the power of an organ or tissue donation – and both are encouraging Islanders to change someone’s life by registering to be a donor.
Health PEI has made it easier for Islanders to become organ and tissue donors through an online intent-to-donate registry...
Defibrillator registry saves lives – so register now
2018-04-20
Owners of Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) are urged to register their devices with a life-saving online database if they haven’t already done so.
There are currently 45 AEDs in the registry, but many more remain unregistered at private businesses, community facilities, and homes across...
Discussing end-of-life care is difficult, but important
2018-04-13
On Advance Care Planning Day, Islanders are encouraged start the important and sensitive conversation about their own end-of-life care.
Since 2012, April 16 has marked national Advance Care Planning Day in Canada. Last spring, Health PEI launched an online advance care planning workbook (www....
Total Hip Replacement Patient Care Pathway
2018-04-12
Patient Care Pathway for those receiving total hip replacement.
KCMH emergency department closed tomorrow (April 12)
2018-04-11
The emergency department at Kings County Memorial Hospital will be closed tomorrow (Thursday, April 12) due to a temporary lack of physician coverage. It will re-open at 8 a.m. on Friday, April 13.
Anyone with urgent medical needs should call 9-1-1 or seek emergency services at the Queen Elizabeth...
Lung cancer coordinator will help with screening, prevention
2018-04-06
A new lung cancer coordinator will help the province develop its first-ever screening program while educating Islanders about how to prevent the disease.
Lung cancer is one of the four most prominent cancer types on Prince Edward Island, and by itself it claims the lives of more than 100...