Health PEI

Provides medical services and supports for individuals who seek gender-affirming health care. Covered procedures include:

• Clitoral release
• Erectile/testicular implant
• Hysterectomy/bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy
• Mastectomy with chest masculinization
• Chest feminization
• Metoidioplasty
• Oophorectomy
• Phalloplasty
• Scrotoplasty
• Vaginectomy and more

See website for the full list of covered procedures.

Note: Requests for retroactive financial coverage of surgeries completed without prior approval will not be considered.

• Nursing care: Health monitoring, IV therapy, injections, wound care, and patient teaching
• Home support: Assistance with daily activities like bathing and dressing
• Social work: Individual and family counselling for illness, loss or end-of-life issues
• Dietitian services: Nutrition assessment and education
• Physiotherapy: To maximize independence, function and mobility
• Occupational therapy: Support for daily living, special devices, equipment or modification to home or workplace
• Long term care: Assessment for nursing home admission
• Palliative care: Comfort and support to live fully until the end of life
• Adult day programs - enriching social activities for seniors
• Adult protection - for vulnerable adults who need protection from neglect or abuse

Epekwitk / PEI has seven hospitals offering varying levels of care.

The two main referral hospitals providing inpatient, emergency, urgent psychiatric care, outpatient, community and specialty services are:

• Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Charlottetown
• Prince County Hospital, Summerside

Individuals in need of urgent psychiatric care can go to the Emergency Room at Queen Elizabeth and Prince County Hospitals. They will be triaged and then see trained mental health staff.
Four community hospitals offer a variety of services that may include emergency, acute care, extended care, and community based services:

• Souris Hospital, Souris
• Kings County Memorial Hospital, Montague
• Community Hospital, O'Leary
• Western Hospital, Alberton

One inpatient psychiatric hospital for specialized acute and long-term treatment and rehabilitation:

• Hillsborough Hospital, Charlottetown

Provides individuals experiencing a mental health, addiction, or substance use crisis with streamlined, 24/7 access to a multi-disciplinary team of trained staff in an environment designed to meet emergency/urgent care needs.

Crisis conditions include:

• A serious, immediate mental health, addictions or substance use concern
  
• Risk of self-harm or harm to others
  
• Psychosis
  
• Emotional trauma, agitation, severe depression or anxiety suicidal thoughts

• 24-hour nursing care
• Room and board
• Personal care
• Medical services

Provides virtual health care to Islanders who are currently without a primary care provider. Patients can speak to a PEI physician virtually to have an assessment, diagnosis, e-prescription, lab requisitions, and more.

Health PEI is operating the program in partnership with a secure private healthcare platform, Maple.
Accessing the program does not remove patients from the waitlist or change their position on the waitlist.

If help is required to sign up, visit an Access PEI location.

Note: Book through Health PEI, not Maple directly. Private bookings ask for payment, but Health PEI-covered ones are free.