Winnipeg family physician Dr. Berhanu Balcha never made an oncology referral despite indications the cancer had returned. The patient didn't even know this was a concern until a respirologist told her in late 2019.
Dr. Nirupa Srikisson also admitted to three charges involving improper access to the medical records of patients who were not in her care, according to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta.
In the five months that Jennifer Anne Hall was a respiratory therapist at Hedrick Medical Center, the rural Missouri hospital experienced 18 "code blue'' incidents.
Chris McCarthy, the association's president said that requiring patients to go to their family doctors for requisitions for x-rays slows down their care.
Dr. Wequar Ahmad, a Calgary-based general practitioner, also breached a 2014 undertaking requiring a chaperone when seeing female patients. On at least 15 occasions, he noted the presence of a chaperone when in fact there was none.
