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Medical Professionals can live their dreams right here in Prince Edward Island
2018-10-16
Prince Edward Island is always in need of physicians, and Sheila Kerry is working to let prospective doctors know that the Island is the place for them.
As the province’s physician recruitment coordinator, she is part of a team that works to attract and retain health professionals for the...
COACH helps bring seniors home
2018-09-28
Murray MacPherson knew he and his mother couldn’t care for his father by themselves.
Diagnosed with dementia, 82-year-old Scott MacPherson had been in the hospital for 41 days with a bladder infection and related issues. It was only because of Health PEI’s home-care initiatives including the COACH...
This organ donor is living proof
2018-09-26
Even though it was just before her own birthday, Ashley Brown was the one who was giving gifts.
While living in Alberta in 2016, Brown gave an 18-month-old girl a quarter of her liver and a second chance at life. A tattoo on her right arm identifies her as a “living donor.”
“If you asked me to...
Hope, family are constant companions on Alzheimer’s journey
2018-09-20
Lynn Loftus first volunteered with the Alzheimer Society of PEI because of her father’s Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis – but even 30 years spent getting involved and learning about the illness couldn't fully prepare her to be diagnosed herself.
“I started with the Alzheimer Society when my father...
There’s hope – and help – for Islanders with addiction
2018-09-07
Strengthening mental health services -
Many Islanders struggle with the impacts of drug, alcohol, and gambling addiction. For them and their families, Recovery Day represents the light at the end of the tunnel.
Observed across Canada on different days throughout September, Recovery Day offers a...
Islanders with vision loss get more help with drug costs
2018-06-29
Vision loss is very personal to David Hilchey.
His daughter lives with a syndrome that will - within this decade - limit her vision to what would be seen looking through a straw.
After almost 10 years of volunteering for the national organization that supports Canadians living with vision loss,...
Saving lives is in their blood
2018-06-21
Besides helping to save Islanders’ lives as part of their daily work, more than 2,000 staff members at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital are doing it with their own blood.
QEH staff are bringing in Canadian Blood Services (CBS) from June 26 to 29 for what they hope will be an annual blood drive. The...
Days are numbered for hepatitis C
2018-06-19
Tyler Caissie is living proof that Prince Edward Island is nearing a landmark moment in its health care history.
Caissie is one of more than 100 Islanders who no longer have the life-threatening liver disease hepatitis C. It happened after Prince Edward Island in 2015 became Canada’s first...
Hope – a key ingredient in suicide prevention
2018-06-08
Amanda Brazil says it will take a better understanding of why Islanders would choose to end their lives in order to reduce the rate of suicides in the province. She was part of a group that worked with the provincial government to develop Building Blocks of Hope: A Suicide Prevention Strategy for...
Helping children with behavioural changes
2018-03-09
Strengthening mental health services -
Dr. Rhonda Matters knows that parents of children with behavioural challenges might not want to join a group with other parents initially, but once they do attend, they really enjoy it and find it helpful.
The Behavioural Support Team is a team of...