Legislative, Regulatory & Legal

In order to qualify as a committee members, doctors must hold an active, valid permit to practise in the province.

Doctors can’t remember every medical procedure they do, and a judge found compelling this surgeon’s argument that the risks are always outlined.

CBC reported this week that a 26-year-old woman who went to the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital last month after she had been raped was told there were no available nurses trained to perform the rape kit procedure.

Pharmacy personnel can identify and report unusual requests for chemicals that might be used to make drugs, say RCMP. 

Many Manitoba schools already offer menstrual products for free, but the new arrangement will ensure uniformity across the province, Families Minister Rochelle Squires said Wednesday.

Ceciley White says her 81-year-old sister is in a hospital in Brockville, Ont., with a gallbladder problem.

The province says couples will not be separated and that religious, ethnic and language preferences will be respected.

No fewer than 62 pharmacists will see their right to practice suspended because they did not complete the hours of continuing education activities required during the reference period which ended last spring.