Melanie Fraser will be the new CEO of Health P.E.I., following in the footsteps of Dr. Michael Gardam and interim CEO Corinne Rowswell at the helm of the provincial health agency.
The currently under-construction University of Prince Edward Island medical school will need dozens of doctors over the next nine years 23 in the next 18 months alone but officials behind the school maintain it’s the only way forward for the Island’s health-care system.
Both workers and the former chair of Health P.E.I.'s board say the province is not doing enough to bring health professionals to the Island, despite the government's assertions that stories about lax recruitment efforts are "false."
The former chair of Health P.E.I.’s board spoke up at a Summerside town hall to criticize the state of the province's health-care system and challenge the current health minister on staff recruitment efforts.
Hundreds of people have crowded into a conference room at Credit Union Place for a town hall to let residents share concerns about recent cuts to Prince County Hospital in Summerside. As the meeting began, many in the room chanted: 'PCH! PCH!'