With P.E.I's only full-time blood oncologist leaving at the end of November, Health P.E.I. was planning to transfer his patients to Dr. Philip Champion, but now Champion says he intends to retire in the spring.

P.E.I.'s only oncologist specifically trained in that field, Dr. Pierre Whitlock, is leaving Health P.E.I. at the end of November. Champion is now the only doctor left on P.E.I. with experience treating blood diseases and cancers.

"I'm anticipating fully retiring in the next year, dependin…