Two years ago, Alison Millard resigned from her permanent position at Prince County Hospital because she felt she was “suffocated and drowning” in P.E.I.’s health-care system.
Millard had worked as a critical-care nurse at the Summerside hospital for over a decade, but the constant staff shortages finally became too exhausting for her and her family.
Along with many health workers still at the hospital, she says PCH is now facing a crisis that could have serious impacts on the care all Islanders receive — not just those in central and western P.E.I.
“It’s frustrating, it’s devastating, it’s heartbreaking,” Millard told CBC News. “You invest your
