Eastern P.E.I. hospital ER reopens Saturday mornings

Starting Feb. 10, the emergency department at the Kings County Memorial Hospital in Montague, P.E.I., is reopening on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.The hospital's emergency department has been closed on weekends since July 2023 due to staff shortages.In a news release, Health P.E.I. said it "continues to work on increasing all staffing levels within the facility to further restore weekend emergency department services at KCMH." When the closures were announced last summer, Health P.E.I. said it