Tens of thousands of names remain on P.E.I. patient registry, despite promise to eliminate it by April [Video]

Despite a campaign promise made by former premier Dennis King in 2023, the Progressive Conservatives have not fulfilled their goal of eliminating Prince Edward Island’s patient registry waitlist by April 2025.

When King made the commitment in March 2023 to get everyone off the patient registry two years after the election, there were 28,546 people on the registry.

But the waitlist has actually grown since the pledge was made. The total number of people on the registry sits at 37,431 as of the end of March 2025, according to Health P.E.I. CEO Melanie Fraser. 

Melody Garnhum, who has been waiting to get a family doctor since 2012, said it’s hard to hold out hope — but she’s trying. 

Garnhum put her name on the list when she moved from Ontario back to her home province of P.E.I. more than a decade ago. 

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