COVID-19 cough and fever clinics on P.E.I. to close this week – CBC

‘We think this is the right time to do this’

Mar 28, 2022

Health P.E.I. announced Monday it will close its two cough and fever clinics in Charlottetown and Slemon Park at the end of March.

Routine care for Islanders with respiratory illness will now transition back to family physician offices and walk-in clinics, a written release said.

Health P.E.I.’s Chief Operating Officer Corinne Rowswell says when the clinics were established in 2020 as a place for people with COVID-19 symptoms to be seen and assessed by a doctor, the pandemic looked different than it does now.

“We didn’t have good access to personal protective equipment, or PPE, and we didn’t really know what we were going to be facing with COVID-19,” Rowswell told CBC News: Compass host Louise Martin.

Now that many Islanders are vaccinated and doctor’s offices have a very good supply of PPE, those offices are now better equipped to see these patients in person, she said.

“We think this is the right time to do this.”

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-cough-fever-clinics-covid-19-close-1.6400180