Law

The former pharmacy manager admitted to professional misconduct after an investigation found 225 unexplained narcotic inventory discrepancies that had gone uninvestigated.

The Alberta Medical Association is seeking clarity on how physicians would be affected in the event that the questions on healthcare and immigration pass.

Dr. Emmanuel Okoro was found guilty of three charges relating to record keeping and falsification at a decision reached Sept. 25 by the Council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan.

We examined what happens to the appropriateness, quantity and cost of prescriptions when doctors accept payments or meals from the pharmaceutical industry. The result is not good news for patients.

With a Binding Arbitration Framework in place, the medical association says the costly legal battle over 2014 fee cuts is no longer necessary.

Medical records showed her seizures were often followed by symptoms such as ‘confusion, irritability, physically and verbally abusive behaviour and episodic amnesia,’ the inquest heard.

The college will make it mandatory for physicians to prescribe safer supply medications only in conjunction with opioid agonist therapy.

Remarks made by a member of Parliament, who is also a doctor, suggesting illicit drugs such as fentanyl are a ‘painless’ and ‘readily available’ option to end one’s life are now the subject of a complaint filed to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.

CPhA says Bill C-224 could limit Health Canada’s ability to act on serious safety risks.

An Ontario patient challenged a pharmacy’s wait time, but regulators found there was good reason his three prescriptions took 27 minutes to fill.