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Cancelled: Doctor guilty of sexual abuse of paraplegic patient stripped of licence and ordered to pay $90,000 in costs
The ruling against Alberta physician Dr. Brianne Hudson includes what her lawyer called an 'extreme and unprecedented' acceleration clause that would render her entire debt due immediately after 60 days following a missed payment.
Mexican president inaugurates centralized ‘super pharmacy’ to supply medicines to all of Mexico
The idea is a bid to end the woes of patients throughout the country who are often told they need a specific medicine—but the hospital in question doesn’t have it.

How B.C. pharmacists can (and can't) receive prescriptions

The College of Pharmacists of British Columbia has reviewed the rules, including receiving prescriptions by email and text, getting them faxed from other pharmacists, and accepting photocopies.
New guidance for pharmacists compounding semaglutide preparations amid Ozempic shortage

The Ontario College of Pharmacists' guidance shares the rules around compounding semaglutide preparations, communicating with prescribers and patients, and what's allowed when promoting the service.
Woman sues dentist after 4 root canals, 8 dental crowns and 20 fillings in a single visit

One challenge of a long appointment is maintaining adequate anesthesia.
Dr. Nicole Conners set to practice in the same Ontario town as her grandfather, great grandfather

Every clinic that has ever existed in Listowel has had a Dr. Conners providing care.
It's only fair: Reinstated good faith claims in Alberta will also be easier to submit

As of Feb. 6, 2024, doctors in all clinical settings in Alberta can once again bill for services provided to patients without a valid health card.
Saskatchewan pharmacists can now prescribe for two new minor ailments

The new additions bring the list of conditions they can treat up to 30.
Occupancy rates surging at Quebec emergency rooms after dropping earlier this month

The average wait time on Tuesday was a little over four and a half hours, but that rose to 15 hours and 40 minutes for people waiting on stretchers.
On Christmas Day, the work went on for overdose prevention society in Vancouver

Brian Twaites, a paramedic public information officer with BC Emergency Health Services, said two ambulance crews responded at Hastings Street after receiving a call at noon on Christmas Day.

Cancelled: Doctor guilty of sexual abuse of paraplegic patient stripped of licence and ordered to pay $90,000 in costs

Mexican president inaugurates centralized ‘super pharmacy’ to supply medicines to all of Mexico

How B.C. pharmacists can (and can't) receive prescriptions

New guidance for pharmacists compounding semaglutide preparations amid Ozempic shortage

Woman sues dentist after 4 root canals, 8 dental crowns and 20 fillings in a single visit

Dr. Nicole Conners set to practice in the same Ontario town as her grandfather, great grandfather

It's only fair: Reinstated good faith claims in Alberta will also be easier to submit

Saskatchewan pharmacists can now prescribe for two new minor ailments

Occupancy rates surging at Quebec emergency rooms after dropping earlier this month

On Christmas Day, the work went on for overdose prevention society in Vancouver

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