Licensing

Regina's Dr. El-fellani Mohammed had been found guilty four years ago of similar offences against two female patients. That case led to a three-month suspension and $87,500 in costs.

Physicians would practice under supervision for six months before being eligible for a long-term licence.

Why won't the CFPC listen to members' universal dissent to this move, and better direct resources to study this critical topic?

Chief physician recruiters get creative as provinces try new strategies to hire doctor.

Dr. Jeffrey Wilkinson of the South Saskatchewan Heart Clinic in Moose Jaw says it's too operationally and financially difficult to keep running under the public system.

An audio recording secretly made by a patient of Dr. Michel Chagnon should never have been accepted as an admission of guilt, said Québec's Tribunal des professions.

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.