Wait Times
Primary care is the first point of contact that you have with the health system – the point where you receive care for most of your everyday health needs. For most Islanders, primary care is provided in physician offices and health centres by a family...
What is the wait time?
Referral to see a radiation oncologist:
On average you can expect to wait*:
10 days from the time your referral is received at the PEI Cancer Treatment Centre to seeing a radiation oncologist.
About 20% of patients referred to...
What is the wait time to have a CT scan?
On average, you can expect to wait*:
Emergency patients: Done immediately
Urgent patients: 17 days
Semi-urgent patients: 61 days
Non-urgent (or routine) patients: 88 days
How are CT scans prioritized...
What is the wait time to have a hip fracture repair?
On average you can expect to wait* 27 hours from your registration as an inpatient or wait** 41 hours from your registration in an emergency room until you receive your operation.
How is the wait...
What is the wait time to have a hip replacement?
On average you can expect to wait*:
22 weeks from your appointment when you and your surgeon decided that you needed hip replacement surgery.
The wait time may vary depending on your surgeon as wait...
What is the wait time to have a knee replacement?
On average you can expect to wait*:
26 weeks from your appointment when you and your surgeon decided that you needed knee replacement surgery.
The wait time may vary depending on your surgeon as wait...
What is the wait time to have a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan?
On average, you can expect to wait*:
Emergency patients: Done immediatelyUrgent patients: 4 days
Semi-urgent patients: 32 days
Non-urgent (or routine) patients: 110 days
How...
What is the wait time to have cataract surgery?
On average you can expect to wait*:
13 weeks from your appointment when you and your surgeon decided that you needed cataract surgery.
The wait time may vary depending on your surgeon as wait times can...
What is the wait time to have an ultrasound?
On average, you can expect to wait*:
Emergency patients: Done immediately
Urgent patients: 22 days
Semi-urgent patients: 59 days
Non-urgent (or routine) patients: 127 days
The Ultrasound Department...
Current wait-times are updated every five minutes. Only the Emergency Department (ED) wait times at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Charlottetown), Prince County Hospital (Summerside) and Western Hospital (Alberton) are available. The estimated emergency...
Reducing wait times and improving timely access to health services is important to Health PEI. As a patient, client or resident in the health care system, you may have to wait to see a primary care provider or a specialist; to have a test or surgery or...