Doctor Shortage
More Private Health Care Doesn’t Fix The Crisis
We are worried about the growing list of Islanders who can’t get a family doctor, the escalating issue of Emergency Room closures, and the increasing response times for ambulances from one end of the province to the other. Statements made by the three Conservative Maritime Premiers during their meeting with Conservative Ontario Premier Doug Ford,…
Read MoreRural Healthcare Broken by King Government
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. In February this year, a West Prince man died while waiting for more than an hour for an ambulance. The King government…
Read MoreKing Must Reveal Plan To Fix the Health Care Crisis: Neill
(Charlottetown) July 18, 2022: Michelle Neill, Leader of the Island New Democrats, would like to remind Premier Dennis King that, although there are new members added to his cabinet, the health care system is on the brink of collapse. “Day in and day out, Islanders are telling me their stories about the health care system. People can’t get…
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