A few Unit 9 patients were moved to Hillsborough Psychiatric Hospital but most were cleared to return home. And instead of returning mental health patients to Unit 9, patients waiting for a spot in a nursing home were moved into that unit — and they're still there. Unit 9 at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital is the psychiatric unit but is currently full of patients with dementia. 'We don't matter'Another mental health advocate questions why the province chose to clear the mental health patients out of the hospital. For more information about mental health services on P.E.I., find resources from Health PEI here, or from the Canadian Mental Health Association P.E.I.

Source: CBC News October 19, 2020 10:00 UTC