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U.K. doctor gets 31 years for poisoning mother's partner with fake COVID vaccine
Dr. Thomas Kwan disguised himself as a nurse making home virus booster visits to infect Patrick O’Hara with a flesh-eating poison because he believed the older man stood in the way of him inheriting his mother’s home some day.
B.C. judge urgently halts assisted death of Alberta woman, day before MAID procedure
The injunction granted on Saturday to the woman’s common-law partner prevents Dr. Ellen Wiebe or any other medical professional from helping end the life of the 53-year-old Alberta woman within 30 days.

Have your say: CPSO seeking input on its updated ‘consent to treatment’ policy

Expanded guidance sets out expectations for the professional conduct of Ontario physicians around issues of patient consent.
Have your say: CPSO seeking input on its policy for closing a medical practice

Policy sets out professional and legal obligations for Ontario physicians who are closing their practice for extended period.
U.K. doctor admits trying to kill his mother’s partner with poison disguised as a COVID-19 vaccine

Prosecutors say Dr. Thomas Kwan pretended to be a community nurse delivering booster shots and injected Patrick O’Hara with a toxic substance, likely a pesticide.
Toronto doctor fined and suspended after renting apartment to patient and hiring another

In addition to failure to maintain appropriate boundaries, Dr. Jeffrey Martin Steinberg was also found to have inappropriately withheld prescriptions for patients.
Disability rights groups launch Charter challenge against MAID law

Under the law, patients whose natural deaths are not reasonably foreseeable but whose condition leads to intolerable suffering can apply for a track-two assisted death.
N.B. premier plans to introduce legislation to prevent healthcare professionals from being named in lawsuits

This comes after the family of a man who died waiting in the ER launched a lawsuit against the health authority and two nurses.
Family of man who died in N.B. emergency department sues health authority, nurses

The lawsuit filed with the Court of King’s Bench in Fredericton alleges Darrell Mesheau’s death was caused by the ‘reckless and outrageous acts and omissions’ of Horizon Health Network and its staff.
Here’s what healthcare workers need to know about proposed changes to regulations around controlled substances

Both the CPhA and the OPA have submitted responses to proposed regulations, suggesting changes, including making permanent pharmacists' ability to adapt prescriptions for controlled substances.

U.K. doctor gets 31 years for poisoning mother's partner with fake COVID vaccine

B.C. judge urgently halts assisted death of Alberta woman, day before MAID procedure

Have your say: CPSO seeking input on its updated ‘consent to treatment’ policy

Have your say: CPSO seeking input on its policy for closing a medical practice

U.K. doctor admits trying to kill his mother’s partner with poison disguised as a COVID-19 vaccine

Toronto doctor fined and suspended after renting apartment to patient and hiring another

Disability rights groups launch Charter challenge against MAID law

N.B. premier plans to introduce legislation to prevent healthcare professionals from being named in lawsuits

Family of man who died in N.B. emergency department sues health authority, nurses

Here’s what healthcare workers need to know about proposed changes to regulations around controlled substances