The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) will be carrying out a mock disaster exercise later today to test its emergency and disaster responses within all areas of the hospital.
The exercise will involve a number of persons arriving at QEH who will be made up as casualties from an external disaster. Response will include moving these casualties throughout the hospital.
The hospital’s emergency department will be playing a significant role in the exercise. Patients coming to the emergency department seeking emergency medical care will continue to be treated. The public is advised, however, that wait times for non-urgent patients may be impacted due to staff participation in the mock disaster exercise.
To support the QEH during the mock disaster exercise, walk-in clinics in the greater Charlottetown area will be temporarily extending their hours of service for the public who are seeking non-urgent medical care.
The following walk-in clinics will offer extended hours the evening of Monday, October 28 only:
Charlottetown Walk-in Clinic
Parkdale Medical Centre
4 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Downtown Walk-in Clinic
Boardwalk Professional Centre
9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sherwood Walk-in Clinic
Sherwood Medical Centre
10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. | 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Stratford Walk-in Clinic
Stratford Medical Centre
5:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.
For information about walk-in clinics across Prince Edward Island, visit www.healthpei.ca/walkinclinics.