Province providing funding to help low-income Islanders with sleep apnea or COPD

The provincial government is providing funding to LungNSPEI to upgrade equipment and expand its Program helping low-income Islanders with sleep apnea and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.  $50,000 will support the initiative aimed at providing life-changing medical equipment. Sleep apnea affects about 10,000 Islanders, and an estimated 3,000+ people are uninsured or underinsured for the cost of the equipment.  LungNSPEI will use the funds to purchase new CPAP and BiPAP machines to meet urgent demand. They will also expand their refurbishment program to restore and redistribute donated equipment. All machines will be distributed to low-income Islanders to help eliminate the program’s long waitlist.