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Heart and lung rehab expands
Islanders recovering from a heart or lung event in Prince County can now rehabilitate closer to home. The cardiopulmonary rehab program recently expanded from Charlottetown to Summerside and patients are now benefitting from the newly offered services. Following this success...
Team PEI’s Canada Games flag bearer announced
Logan MacDougall will carry the Prince Edward Island flag during the 2017 Canada Summer Games opening ceremony this week. MacDougall will participate in baseball during week one and indoor volleyball for week two of the July 28 to August 13 games in Winnipeg – visit Canada Games...
Making life better for Island seniors
Strengthening Mental Health Services - When the Province of Prince Edward Island advertised the new position of seniors' health principal advisor, Dr. Michael Corman couldn’t believe his luck. Corman and his wife Tara fell in love with the Island while on vacation in 2015 and...
Defibrillator database will help save lives – so register now
Supporting Island families - Islanders, businesses, and community facilities are encouraged to register their Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) with a new province-wide online database. Joining the AED registry is voluntary and free and can be done in less than five...
MacLean recognized nationally – again – for doctor recruitment
Her work to bring nearly 300 doctors to Prince Edward Island over the past 10 years has earned Sheila MacLean a lifetime achievement award from her peers across Canada. This is, in fact, MacLean’s second national recognition award. In 2012, the Department of Health and Wellness'...
Film sheds light on methadone treatment and pregnancy
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...
Well-being teams care for Westisle students
Strengthening mental health services - Every Monday morning, a five-person team meets at Hernewood Intermediate School. They have different areas of expertise – a mental health therapist, two nurses and two school outreach workers – but they have a shared goal: to help students...
First responders better equipped to treat opioid overdoses
Rod MacDonald says he is glad that Prince Edward Island’s first responders now have a valuable tool to help people who have overdosed on dangerous opioid drugs. This fall, Island medical first responders, firefighters and police departments received kits containing naloxone – a...
She’s showing others how to recharge
In 2015, Lynn Anne Hogan stood before a large crowd and television cameras and pledged to find more work-life balance. She did it by wearing a bright yellow t-shirt with the words emblazoned across the front of it. Back then, the new mom was feeling frayed from balancing home...