Dr. David Howell Ames played a 'cat and mouse' game with investigators by continuing to change his narrative, says the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba.
Dr. Peter Idahosa, who obtained the drugs for his own use, issued about 17 fraudulent prescriptions for seven different kinds of drugs, including zopiclone and Sublinox.
Health Minister Jason Copping says the aim is to bring together six related pieces of legislation and three standards of care—some going back more than 30 years.
The measures are some of the items in what the province is calling a Plan to Stay Open, which aims to ensure Ontario is better equipped to respond to another health crisis.
The interim suspension order, effective March 24 but posted on the college's website on Monday, affects Dr. Stephen Malthouse, a family practitioner on Denman Island.
Nickolas Jollimore, who worked at a Pharmasave in Wolfville, N.S., admitted he removed the drugs from his employer's premises without authorization or a valid prescription.
A pharmacy in Burnaby, B.C., has been suspended from the PharmaCare system after allegations it was adding people to the province’s COVID-19 vaccine system without them getting the shots.
