Posted: May 09, 2021 11:03 AM AT | Last Updated: May 9
RCMP were called to the scene of a crash near Springhill, P.E.I., shortly after 6 p.m. Saturday night.(David Bell/CBC)
A 43-year-old man from West Prince was killed and his male passenger sent to hospital after his car left the road and crashed into a telephone pole near Springhill, P.E.I., Saturday evening.
East Prince RCMP Cpl. Andy Cook said officers were called to the single-vehicle crash shortly after 6 p.m. The driver was dead at the scene. The passenger was taken to Prince County Hospital with unknown injuries.
Four-day surgery shutdown confirmed at Prince County Hospital in Summerside
A shortage of surgeons is causing Prince County Hospital in Summerside, P.E.I. to divert all major trauma cases to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown for a four-day period, says a Health P.E.I. memo obtained by CBC News and the Opposition Liberals.
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Posted: May 04, 2021 9:56 PM AT | Last Updated: May 5
An operating room at Prince County Hospital in Summerside. Two of the hospital s three surgeons are leaving at the end of June. Health PEI revealed Tuesday the hospital s third surgeon has been on administrative leave since late 2020.(Prince County Hospital Foundation)
P.E.I. Health Minister Ernie Hudson says surgeons from Charlottetown will cover off shifts at the Prince County Hospital after the end of June, if necessary, as staffing issues at the Summerside Hospital dominated another question period in the provincial legislature Tuesday.
Health PEI has confirmed two of the three surgeons at the hospital are leaving, with their last day on June 30. One has resigned, and the second is a locum who is not renewing their term. The agency also says one surgeon at the hospital has been on administrative leave since late 2020 information that has not previously been brought forward during debate in the legislature.
The acting CEO of Health PEI said he’s confident that by the summer, the staffing situation at Prince County Hospital in Summerside will have improved.
Emergency surgeries from Summerside area to be diverted to Charlottetown
Opposition MLAs raised more questions and concerns around staffing at the Prince County Hospital Friday, while Health PEI confirmed some emergency surgeries may be diverted from Summerside to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown because of a lack of on-call surgeons.
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