Licensing

Even an ultimate victory at the discipline tribunal does not undo the financial and reputational harm to the physician.

Dr. Alexandra Ginty, a breast cancer survivor, is currently the only physician at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital performing the highly specialized procedure. 

Quebec pharmacist Marie-Claude Gagnon, who accessed one woman's file 62 times over several years without professional justification, has been suspended for two months.

The British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives has issued a public advisory about Talaue, who's claiming fraudulently to be a registered nurse to get a hospital job.

Today, the OMA board is directly elected by the membership as a whole. Every member has the ability to vote on every board director.

The tribunal issued a fine and reprimand to an Alberta pharmacy technician for misuse of authority.

The society emphasized the extended third year could stem the already insufficient flow of family doctors to rural areas.