P.E.I. rural hospitals bearing brunt of pandemic staffing crunch

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Hospital closures have been increasing on P.E.I. since the pandemic onset, data gathered by CBC News shows.

That’s as Health P.E.I. says it’s completed a review that will determine what service in rural areas could look like in the years to come.

CBC News combed through all hospital service closures notices issued by the province over the last three years.

It found rural hospitals are the ones most impacted by said closures, and that they’re mostly concentrated in two hospitals: Kings County Memorial Hospital (KCMH) in Montague, and Alberton’s Western Hospital.

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