Health PEI planning to restore Prince County Hospital ICU, doctors told – CBC

‘There can be no other ultimate goal’

Feb 08, 2024

Health P.E.I. leadership has told the East Prince Medical Staff Association the plan is to get “a fully functional” intensive care unit back at Prince County Hospital, says Dr. Steven MacNeill.

“That’s an absolute necessity. There can be no other ultimate goal,” said MacNeill, who is a member of the East Prince Medical Staff Association.

The group made a presentation at a legislative standing committee meeting in Summerside on Wednesday night.

Green MLA Peter Bevan-Baker was looking for information about discussions between the association and Health P.E.I. officials about the future of the Prince County Hospital.

In discussing those meetings McNeill, who has worked at the Prince County Hospital as an emergency room physician since 2002, said there are several challenges to overcome.

“We feel the current staffing shortages at PCH have reached a point that make them almost insurmountable to recover from, and if allowed to continue and worsen will affect our ability to maintain acute care at that hospital,” MacNeill said.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-committee-pch-feb-2024-1.7108575