Marjo Johne
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- 5/28/2023
A case of mistaken assumptions: Pharmacist's failure to do his own checks leads to patient going into anaphylactic shock
Quebec pharmacist Quoc Nguyen thought two other pharmacists had counselled the patient about latex in the pre-filled injection caps for Lapelga, which had been prescribed to a cancer patient about to start chemotherapy. - 5/23/2023
‘Cascade of concerns’: Patient in crisis after doctor invited her to his home
Toronto family physician Dr. Jeffrey Martin Steinberg's actions were reported by another doctor to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. - 5/17/2023
'Weird epiphany': Pharmacist fulfilling childhood dream with her innovative solutions to medication shortages
Morenike Eniola Olaosebikan was hailed as a hero last year when her KemNet online platform connecting prescribers to compounding pharmacists eased the shortage of children's fever and pain medication. Now she's on a bigger, more ambitious mission. - 5/15/2023
Feel like firing back on RateMDs? This doc's experience should make you think before you ink a response
'I guess you lost your job because of me and not because of the different kinds of bottles you may or may not have guzzled down?' Winnipeg family physician Dr. Abdel-Kareem Chehadi wrote on the physician reviews platform. His province's college did not approve. - 5/14/2023
Have you had the HRT talk yet? New review says docs should pipe up more about menopause symptoms and treatments
'Very rarely are women asked about menopausal symptoms or offered any treatment, let alone hormone therapy for their menopause symptoms,' said research co-author Dr. Iliana Lega. - 5/9/2023
Can you examine a cervix and uterus that don't exist? This doctor said he did
P.E.I. gynecologist Dr. Henry Swart later claimed he didn't know the patient's cervix and uterus had been surgically removed 42 years earlier, even though his notes said otherwise. - 5/7/2023
Should you screen healthy patients for fragility fractures?
Before you order a bone mineral density test, do a risk assessment first and share the decision-making with your patient, said Dr. Guylène Thériault, fragility fractures working group chair at the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. - 5/7/2023
Take my license: Celebrated pharmacist who dispensed cancelled prescription asked college to yank his license
Just over three years ago, Halifax pharmacist and pharmacy owner Wayne Little was lauded in Nova Scotia’s legislative assembly. In late 2021, things took a wrong turn when his pharmacy dispensed the wrong dosage for a young child. The next year saw another series of mistakes. - 5/4/2023
Perceptions of 'lack of transparency within the OMA' need to be addressed, says new association president
'The OMA exists as an association for members,' Dr. Andrew Park, the 142nd president of the Ontario Medical Association told the Medical Post. 'That is where our guiding light needs to be.' - 4/27/2023
‘Extremely serious and very repugnant’: Lifetime ban for doctor who sexually assaulted patient
Québec family physician Dr. Maurice Bosembo Ilondjo was also sentenced in criminal court to three years’ probation and 240 hours of community service. ‘You changed my life,’ the patient wrote in a victim impact statement read in court. 'Within minutes, my life became hell.'
