A hemodialysis unit in Prince County Hospital will be closing temporarily for renovations, which are needed in part due to high humidity issues in the space.

Officials with Health P.E.I. say the humidity issues have been fixed, but cupboards in the unit need to be replaced due to moisture damage caused by high humidity and manufacturing problems.

The closure is expected to take place over a two-week period in either December or January, and will mean some patients will have to travel farther for treatment.

Tignish resident Greg Gavin is one of those patients. He regularly receives dialysis at PCH. He was told that Western Hospital cannot treat him during the closure, and that he must seek treatment at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown.

"Most days after my treatment I feel very

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