Law

Ambulance service liable after man dies of nut allergy after hospital transfer delay
Urgences-santé was ordered by Quebec Superior Court to pay to the family of Nutin McFarland, who died even though he became ill less than a kilometre from a Montreal hospital.
Calgary doctor reprimanded, ordered to pay $10K in costs after ‘inappropriate’ care arrangement with naturopath
Dr. Stuart Wilkinson admitted to allegations that he ordered a blood test and an abdominal ultrasound for a patient that he had never met and failed to follow up, despite the tests showing abnormal results.

Ontario privacy watchdog fines Windsor pediatrician and clinic for misuse of patient data

Dr. Omar Afandi and WE Kidz Pediatrics accessed newborn records from a shared hospital EHR to solicit circumcision services, prompting Canada’s first administrative monetary penalties under PHIPA.
Doctor accused of secretly recording 4,500 videos in Australian hospital restrooms released on bail

Dr. Ryan Cho, 28, will likely face around 500 charges.
AI is here, but sufficient guidance for physicians using is not. The CMPA is working to change that.

‘There’s no face to AI, so what is the interface of the physician to the technology—and who’s responsible, from a medico-legal perspective?’
Tax judge sides with medical clinic over CRA, finding its fee-sharing with physicians not subject to GST/HST

A tax judge has ruled that a fee-sharing arrangement between a medical clinic and its physicians should not be considered a taxable service, overruling the CRA’s attempts to collect sales tax on the fees.
Manitoba reaches settlement with family of woman who died after halted medical flight

Elaine Mousseau alleged that cuts to healthcare and improper medical decisions contributed to her daughter’s death in May 2021.
Supreme Court allows lawsuit in labour-inducing drug case at New Brunswick hospital

The proposed class action lawsuit was launched in 2019 and alleges women at Moncton Hospital were given a labour-inducing drug without consent.
The means justify the end

Ontario court rejects a negligence claim after man on a motorcycle was attacked by a bear.
Tribunal sides with disabled woman denied ultrasound at Calgary clinic

Stephanie Chipeur complained to the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal after the Calgary diagnostics clinic refused to schedule her for an appointment in 2021 unless she had a caretaker also attend to lift her from her wheelchair onto an exam table.

Ambulance service liable after man dies of nut allergy after hospital transfer delay

Calgary doctor reprimanded, ordered to pay $10K in costs after ‘inappropriate’ care arrangement with naturopath

Ontario privacy watchdog fines Windsor pediatrician and clinic for misuse of patient data

Doctor accused of secretly recording 4,500 videos in Australian hospital restrooms released on bail

AI is here, but sufficient guidance for physicians using is not. The CMPA is working to change that.

Tax judge sides with medical clinic over CRA, finding its fee-sharing with physicians not subject to GST/HST

Manitoba reaches settlement with family of woman who died after halted medical flight

Supreme Court allows lawsuit in labour-inducing drug case at New Brunswick hospital

The means justify the end

Tribunal sides with disabled woman denied ultrasound at Calgary clinic