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New Primary Access clinic opens in Montague
2024-02-06
People in Kings County without a primary care provider now have a local location to access primary care services. A primary care access clinic will open in Montague on Thursday, February 8 through the Kings Primary Care Network.
Since 2020, people without a primary care provider have been able...
Organ Donation: Giving - and receiving - the gift of life
2022-04-26
The gift of life is something most parents give their child only once.
But not Crystal Ogden.
“People tell me I gave her life twice.”
In 2013, Ogden donated part of her liver to her daughter Cadence, who was just five years old when she learned she needed a liver transplant.
At age two, Cadence...
Young boy saves five lives through organ donation
2021-04-26
Lisa McCarthy is encouraging others to become registered organ donors after their family's decision to donate her son’s organs saved the lives of five other people.
Lisa’s 18-year-old son, Brodie passed away in May 2018 after a fatal rugby accident just one month before he was set to graduate from...
Activity improves health, even in hospital
2019-05-30
We all know that exercise and activity are important for good health and healing. That’s why a new program is being used to help bring the benefits of working-out to Island residents during their stay in hospital.
As part of a senior-friendly hospital approach being piloted on Unit 3 at the Queen...
A renewed life made possible through organ donation
2019-05-28
Debbie Keough-Croken will never meet the woman who saved her life. But she’s encouraging others to follow that woman’s example by making a commitment to being an organ donor.
“She was a health-care worker in her twenties; I think maybe that work made her think about being an organ donor. She...
Investments expand opioid addiction treatment
2019-03-22
Opioid addiction is one of the most daunting challenges a person can face. Thankfully, on Prince Edward Island, people with opioid dependencies don’t have to face their challenges alone.
Chris Craig with the REACH Foundation in Stratford helps young adults with addictions get treatment and...
Serving Francophone seniors in their mother tongue
2019-03-14
Staff at Beach Grove Home are making extra efforts to welcome French-speaking residents and help them to feel as comfortable as possible.
Jenneca Pomeroy, project manager of bilingual services said the staff make exceptional efforts to speak French. They’ve established a bilingual neighborhood in...
Nurse practitioners delivering community health in West Prince
2019-02-27
A few years back, nurse practitioners (NPs) were a new concept in Prince Edward Island’s health system. Today, a network of NPs in the West Prince region work in collaboration with other health care team members to provide residents in the area with access to timely, personal health care.
Maryna...
Irish-trained physician finding opportunity on PEI
2019-02-26
Dr. Padraig Casey is in the early stages of a medical career and raising a family life. He’s building them both on Prince Edward Island.
Casey grew up in Ireland’s County Louth and received his medical training in Dublin. When the time came to enter into medical practice, he saw both personal and...
Ex-pat finds job and family satisfaction at home in West Prince
2019-02-01
Education and employment drew social worker Lorna Hutt to western Canada, but it was returning home to PEI that allowed her to use her skills among friends and family.
Hutt is currently the manager of Community Mental Health and Addictions West, overseeing approximately 60 staff who provide...