The PEI Liaison Program provides Island patients and their families with a registered nurse contact to help connect them to other health care professionals, programs and services related to out-of-province medical treatment. The Liaison Nurse also assists with transition of...
This report provides the overall trends of cancer in PEI.
If you think you may have a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) or a Sexually Transmitted Blood-borne Infection (STBBI), you need to be seen by a family doctor, nurse practitioner, or a specially trained nurse. STI and STBBI testing and treatment are offered to individuals of...
Islanders with a concussion or mild brain injury are getting better care through the provincial head injury support and recovery clinic. Located at the Harbourside Health Centre in Summerside, the clinic has helped 28 Islanders since it opened in July. It is an initiative of...
Western Hospital is a 25-bed (23 medical and two palliative) community hospital in Alberton that provides emergency, inpatient, ambulatory and palliative care services. When preparing to visit a patient in hospital or for your own hospital stay, visit Hospital Services to learn...
Mary Laura Coady, Health PEI’s new provincial patient navigator, is already helping to make health care more accessible and easier to understand for Islanders. A patient navigator guides patients through the system and connects them with the right care providers, resources, and...
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...
Island mother Courtney McGee is one of several women sharing her powerful story of overcoming opiate addiction while pregnant. In the new documentary-style film Mothers & Methadone, McGee explains that she sought help for her addiction through Prince Edward Island’s methadone...
Prince Edward Island is among Canada’s leaders in making its hospital policies more family friendly. Nearly 50 Canadian hospitals and health care organizations are participating in the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement’s (CFHI) “Better Together” initiative, which is...