Prince County Hospital in Summerside is preparing to restore two crucial health services next month, including the reopening of its intensive-care unit and resuming in-person oncologist appointments.

The eight-bed ICU has been closed since May 2023 due to a lack of specialized staff.

Since then, more serious intensive-care cases have been handled at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown, 60 kilometres away.

"It's been a couple of years before we've been able to offer this specific level of…