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Last week, the upper section of the Brudenell River was teeming with public wild oyster fishing for the first time in what is believed to be two decades.
I have recently been informed that Dr. Hal McRae is closing his practice effective April 20th, 2023. It is with a profound sense of loss and disbelief that I am writing this letter. Dr. McRae has been our family doctor for 10 years. During these years, our care has been exemplary. Dr. McRae …
The plan put forward to address the physician shortage crisis in 2019, supported by the cities of Charlottetown, Summerside and many other Island communities included:
Premier Dennis King has yet to reveal his plan, if one exists, to distribute the multimillion dollar manna that is about to rain down from the nation’s capital to nurture our Island’s ailing health care system, much needed for rural services on the verge of collapse.
Dear Editor,
The closure of the Collaborative Emergency Centre (CEC) at Western Hospital until at least September 15, with no reassurance of its reopening is the latest failure of the King government to provide necessary health services to rural Islanders.
The departure of three Charlottetown doctors from their practices highlights the on-going, and growing physician access crisis on Prince Edward Island, adding thousands more Islanders to the officially recognized 23,000 names on the patient registry list. All Islanders are hurting, even the …
Dear Editor,
Dear Editor:
If you receive a phone call stating ‘Your name has been selected from a survey and you have won a First-aid kit if we visit you to sell water equipment.’ This is a ploy as there was never a survey, it’s only to get into your home where a visit can last several hours.
Editor:
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