Islanders living with diabetes – including pregnant women and those requiring complex care – have more support available than ever before. With $160,000 in Health PEI’s 2017-18 operating budget, Island women who need more intensive diabetes management during their pregnancy can...
When Ellen Davies Ward's mother, Eleanor Davies, was given a life-limiting diagnosis, Ellen knew her mother would be well cared for at the Provincial Palliative Care Centre in Charlottetown. Ellen worked with the not-for-profit organization Hospice PEI for more than 20 years. Her...
The Medical Staff Bylaws are intended to promote consistency across the province where required by legislation or ministerial direction, while providing flexibility in organizational structural issues so Health PEI can address individual facility circumstances and needs.
Loving Care Loving Care is a series of four books for parents of children from birth to age 3 developed by Nova Scotia’s Department of Health and Wellness and made available to families in Prince Edward Island in partnership with the Public Health Nursing program. These books are...
If you have a valid PEI Health Card, you do not have to pay for medically necessary hospital services in Prince Edward Island. What hospitals are in Prince Edward Island? PEI has seven hospitals. Two main hospitals: Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown Prince County Hospital...
By making treatment easily available to the approximately 1,000 Islanders suffering from hepatitis C, Prince Edward Island is on track to be the first province in Canada to eliminate the hepatitis C virus (HCV) among its population. To reach its goal to eliminate HCV by 2025...
Information sheet on how to protect yourself and your baby from abuse and places you can contact if you are in need of help.
This page helps you to get ready for your virtual care visit with a health care provider (e.g., a doctor or nurse practitioner). This page is for those with a regular family health care provider, waiting to have a provider or are seeing a doctor online through Maple. A virtual...
Surgical Abortions are offered in PEI through Sexual Health, Options & Reproductive Services. A surgical (aspiration) abortion ends a pregnancy by emptying the uterus (or womb) with suction. To access safe, confidential and supportive services, call 1-844-365-8258 (toll-free) to...