Medical Transportation

Financial assistance to help cover specific costs related to their ALS diagnosis, including:

• Ongoing costs associated with having a feeding tube
• Special dietary needs
• Cost of transportation to certain events like medical appointments

Note: Financial assistance for drug prescriptions, counselling and private home care is not provided.

• Out-of-province medical travel
• Co-payment for medications and more (Financial assistance is managed on a case-by-case basis, contact for more details)

Provides emergency medical services, patient transfer services, and land ambulance services across Epekwitk / PEI and to appointments in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Note:

• A referral is not required to arrange transportation to scheduled medical appointments at clinics and hospitals
• Fees do apply for services * Emergency service is fully covered for Island residents who are 65 years and older
• Fees are covered for ground ambulance to Halifax, St. John, Fredericton, and Moncton if a PEI resident is an inpatient with a physician referral for service
• Air ambulance fees are covered for PEI residents. See website for details on fees.