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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...
More drugs being covered by the province
2018-06-20
Islanders will soon have help to pay for more of the prescription medications they need for a better quality of life.
The provincial government is improving the drug formulary by adding and expanding coverage for 28 new drugs beginning August 1. The new drugs will treat more than 260 Islanders...
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...
Health PEI trustee appointed
2018-06-15
James (Jim) T. Revell has been appointed trustee of Health PEI. Image caption: Jim Revell
A former Health PEI board member, Revell is a member of the P.E.I. Law Society and Canadian Bar Association. He is currently the chief executive officer of the Insurance Company of Prince Edward Island.
“I...
Changements pour stabiliser l’urgence et renforcer les soins primaires à Montague
2018-06-12
L’ajout de ressources et le remaniement des services permettront d’améliorer l’accès aux services d’urgence et de renforcer des soins primaires pour les résidents du comté de Kings.
Santé Î. P. É. est en train d’embaucher des urgentologues pour soutenir les médecins de famille qui offrent déjà des...
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...