Health P.E.I. expects to be in better situation by next summer
CBC
Health P.E.I. is continuing to find ways to alleviate pressure on the province's health-care system, says CEO Dr. Michael Gardam.
There have been a number of announcements recently about health-care on P.E.I., such as two new primary access care clinics, the Pharmacy Plus program and new dedicated ambulance transfer units.
More changes are coming, he said.
"We're getting a lot more data coming in and we've lifted up every rock that needed to be lifted up and we've figured out what needs to change and we're now embarking on changes. So those announcements that you've heard over the last couple of weeks, there will be more of those as we start to chip away at those historic problems with our system. So I firmly believe that even by next summer, it'll start to feel different here in a very positive way."
Gardam said work is now being done to reduce red tape in order to hire medical professionals.
There are more than 25,000 people on the province's patient registry waiting to get a family doctor.
P.E.I.'s Public Schools Branch is looking for 50 substitute bus drivers, and it'll be recruiting at three job fairs on Saturday, June 8. The job fairs are located at the Atlantic Superstore in Montague, Royalty Crossing in Charlottetown, and the bus parking lot of Three Oaks Senior High in Summerside. All three run from 9 a.m. until noon. Dave Gillis, the director of transportation and risk management for the Public Schools Branch, said the number of substitute drivers they're hiring isn't unusual. "We are always looking for more. Our drivers tend to have an older demographic," he said.