Yesterday, the Chief Public Health Officer announced the easing of restrictions in place as part of the circuit breaker to limit the possible spread of COVID-19 on PEI. In alignment with this easing of restrictions, Health PEI is easing visitor restrictions at all hospitals and...
Health PEI is reminding Islanders that masks are required for entry to any of its buildings under the new Chief Public Health Office regulations. Mask wearing is very important in health care settings, where a COVID-19 outbreak would affect vulnerable patients or staff who...
Enhanced COVID-19 testing will be provided in Borden, Slemon Park, and Charlottetown for workers and commercial truckers starting Monday, with reduced turnaround times for test results. “All members of the border and testing teams have worked hard this weekend to ensure Prince...
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, all Health PEI specimen collection (including blood collection) and diagnostic imaging are now being done by appointment. As noted by Marion Dowling, Health PEI’s Chief Nursing Officer, in today’s media briefing, booking these appointments allows for...
Health PEI testing clinics will return to normal hours of operation starting Saturday, Dec. 12. Clinics and hours of operation are as follows: Montague Legion: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., Monday, Wednesday and Friday Charlottetown, Park Street: 8 a.m to 4 p.m., seven days a week...
Health PEI is recruiting Mental Health and Addictions volunteers to work one-on-one with patients at facilities across the Island. Mental Health and Addictions is hosting an information session on Wednesday, July 26 between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. at the Gazebo at Hillsborough Hospital...
Islanders can now apply for Prince Edward Island’s new Provincial Dental Care Program. “Oral health is such an important component of our overall health, so I am pleased to see our government’s plans for the Provincial Dental Care Program become a reality. This program will allow...
Islanders who need laboratory services such as bloodwork at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital now have the option of booking these services online through SkiptheWaitingRoom.com. The service will be expanded to the Prince County Hospital in September and to all community sites this...
Public Health Nursing will be holding school immunization clinics for those students (now in Grade 7) who missed their second dose of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in the spring of this year. The HPV vaccine is offered to all Grade 6 students in Prince Edward Island. School...
Ordained in the Anglican Church, Reverend Paul Wilkie spent more than a decade in parish ministry before recognizing his calling to hospital chaplaincy. Rev. Wilkie has served as the hospital chaplain at Prince County Hospital since 2006, a role that embodies the essence of...