Health PEI’s cardio-pulmonary rehabilitation program will expand to Montague this April.
It’s already offered in Charlottetown and Summerside, and nearly 200 patients have completed heart or lung rehab since the program began in January of last year.
The preliminary program results have been positive as 92 percent of cardiac and pulmonary rehab patients can walk farther by the end of rehab and they’re breathing easier; 79 percent of cardiac rehab patients saw their waistline’s get slimmer; and 74 percent of cardiac rehab patients saw their blood pressure levels hit the target range.