Community Hospital in O’Leary has marked its 60th anniversary with an investment in stroke care.
The expansion of the Telestroke program to Community Hospital O’Leary means West Prince residents can access post-stroke rehabilitation services without traveling to the provincial Ambulatory Stroke Rehabilitation Clinic at the QEH.
Stroke rehabilitation is critical to helping survivors re-learn skills that are lost when part of the brain is damaged by a stroke.
Telestroke allows for follow-up consultations to be carried out by way of video conferencing with the team of specialists at the provincial clinic in Charlottetown.