Des ressources en santé mentale pour enfants et jeunes aident les familles dans le confort de leur demeure. Il n’y a pas de temps d’attente pour les programmes en ligne et les services de télésanté du partenariat Strongest Families. De plus, ceux-ci peuvent être facilement...
Information for those wishing to volunteer at the Prince County Hospital.
It didn’t take long for Island physician Dr. Shannon Curtis to notice how a new remote-monitoring program helped one of her patients with congestive heart failure take more control of her own illness. Since it was introduced in November 2015, the Remote Patient Monitoring program...
Cette semaine, le foyer Beach Grove a souligné son 30e anniversaire en organisant une fête pour les résidents et en annonçant un investissement du gouvernement provincial dans des lits de soins de longue durée. Le gouvernement de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard consacrera plus d’un...
Dr. Dagny Dryer was more than ready to spend a quiet retirement painting and tending to her tomato crop after more than 30 groundbreaking years as a medical oncologist. That was until Prince Edward Island’s first cancer doctor began to feel the magnetic pull of medicine once...
Un programme de dépistage plus accessible et un vaccin contre le papillomavirus plus disponible contribuent à réduire le nombre de femmes de l’Île chez qui un cancer du col de l’utérus a été diagnostiqué. Le nombre de femmes de l’Île diagnostiquées chaque année diminue lentement...
Breast cancer survivor Maureen Garrity says she wishes a new patient information tool had been available back when she received her diagnosis. Health PEI has partnered with the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, health care providers, and patient advisors on an information and...
Improvements to the Prince County Hospital’s (PCH) heliport will ensure Islanders have 24/7 access to emergency air transports. The work will take approximately 10 weeks, and during that time patients requiring Lifeflights will be transported by Island EMS to the Lifeflight...
Whether in person or on the web, Islanders who attend Health PEI’s annual general meeting can give their input and participate in quality discussions about health care on Prince Edward Island. The meeting will be this Thursday, Oct. 6, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Rodd Royalty...
Islanders are urged to get their flu shot as flu season on Prince Edward Island nears. Throughout October 52,000 doses of influenza vaccine will be delivered in various shipments to immunizers. Influenza season typically begins in Prince Edward Island in December. “A flu shot is...